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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
Generic synonyms: Agitate, Shake
Specialized synonyms: Whip
Derivative terms: Jactitation, Thrash, Toss
2. Verb. Move like a flail; thresh about. "Her arms were flailing"
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
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
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]