Thesaurus: thresh

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1. v. t. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.
2. v. t. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
3. v. t. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
4. v. t. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
5. v. t. & i. Same as Thrash.
6. v. move or stir about violently
7. v. move like a flail; thresh about
8. v. beat the seeds out of a grain
9. v. give a thrashing to; beat hard
10. 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer. 2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub. 1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well. 2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be Mævius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden. Same as Thrash. He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer.
11. Same as Thrash.He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer.
12. v:100 v move or stir about violently v move like a flail; thresh about v beat the seeds out of a grain v give a thrashing to; beat hard