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Definitions for Thresh

[1] to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine.
[2] to beat as if with a flail.
[3] to thresh wheat, grain, etc.
[4] to deliver blows as if with a flail.
[5] the act of threshing.
[6] thresh out /over . thrash(def 12) .
[7] to beat or rub stalks of ripe corn or a similar crop either with a hand implement or a machine to separate the grain from the husks and straw
[8] (tr) to beat or strike
[9] (intr often foll by about ) to toss and turn; thrash
[10] the act of threshing

Words related to Thresh

assault, cane, castigate, slap, ram, bruise, spank, belabor, hammer, belt, pummel, pelt, cudgel, trounce, maltreat, swat, lambaste, flagellate, club, punish

Words nearby Thresh

threespine stickleback, thremmatology, threnode, threnody, threonine, thresh, thresh out, thresher, threshing machine, threshold, threshold agreement

Origin of Thresh

before 900; Middle English threschen, thresshen, Old English threscan; cognate with German dreschen, Gothic thriskan; akin to Dutch dorsen, Old Norse thriskja

Words that may be confused with Thresh

thrash, thresh

Other words from Thresh

re·thresh , verb (used with object)
un·threshed , adjective

Word origin for Thresh

Old English threscan; related to Gothic thriskan, Old Norse thriskja; see thrash

Synonyms for Thresh

assail, assault, bang, bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste, lash, lick, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, smash, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip, rain blows on