Thresh
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θɹɛʃ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Thresh is a verb meaning (transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
Meaning
(transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.
- (transitive, literary, usually with 'over') To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.
- (nautical) To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
Example Sentences
The jay fell all lopsidedly and threshing, as though it were having a fit. The ground killed it.
Word Forms
- threshes
- threshing
- threshed
Synonyms for thresh
Depending on context, synonyms include thrash, toss, convulse, slash, lam, flail.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flail, slash, thrash, lam, toss, convulse.
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