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thresh
[thresh]
verb (used with object)
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.
to beat as if with a flail.
verb (used without object)
to thresh wheat, grain, etc.
to deliver blows as if with a flail.
noun
the act of threshing.
verb phrase
thresh
/ θɛʃ /
verb
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
(tr) to beat or strike
to toss and turn; thrash
noun
the act of threshing
Other 51Թ Forms
- rethresh verb (used with object)
- unthreshed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of thresh1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of thresh1
Example Sentences
Mechanization soon followed, with threshing machines and combine harvesters leaving less behind for gleaners to collect.
The Taklamakan Desert was a vast floor of threshing dust.
It takes a village, not a threshing machine, to complete the harvest of pounds of watermelon seeds that will fill the simple, white packets sold by Turtle Tree Seed.
She downloaded the book’s audio version and listened to it as she drove her 25-ton John Deere combine through her fields, reaping, threshing and winnowing hundreds of bushels.
Adelaide connects socially with men who work the land as cowboys or on threshing crews.
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