Definition of Thresh

1. Verb. Move or stir about violently. "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

Exact synonyms: Convulse, Jactitate, Slash, Thrash, Thrash About, Thresh About, Toss
Generic synonyms: Agitate, Shake
Specialized synonyms: Whip
Derivative terms: Jactitation, Thrash, Toss

2. Verb. Move like a flail; thresh about. "Her arms were flailing"
Exact synonyms: Flail
Generic synonyms: Beat, Flap

3. Verb. Beat the seeds out of a grain. "The fighter managed to thresh his opponent"
Exact synonyms: Thrash
Category relationships: Agriculture, Farming, Husbandry
Generic synonyms: Beat
Derivative terms: Thrasher, Thresher, Threshing

4. Verb. Give a thrashing to; beat hard. "They want to thresh the prisoners "
Exact synonyms: Flail, Lam, Thrash
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Up, Work Over
Related verbs: Bat, Clobber, Cream, Drub, Lick, Thrash
Derivative terms: Flail, Thrashing

Definition of Thresh

1. v. t. & i. Same as Thrash.

Definition of Thresh

1. Verb. (transitive agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thresh

1. to separate the grain or seeds from a plant mechanically [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thresh

threonine deaminase
threonine dehydratase
threonine permease
threonines
threonucleic
threonucleic acid
threonucleic acids
threonyl
threonyl tRNA synthetase kinase
threonyls
threose
threose nucleic acid
threoses
threpe
threpsology
thresh (current term)
thresh about
thresh out
threshable
threshed
threshel
threshels
thresher
thresher's lung
thresher shark
thresher sharks
thresherman
threshermen
threshers
threshes

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