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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrash  \Thrash\,  Thresh  \Thresh\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Thrashed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Thrashing}.]  [OE. 
  [thorn]reschen,  [thorn]reshen,  to  beat  AS  [thorn]erscan, 
  [thorn]rescan;  akin  to  D.  dorschen  OD  derschen  G. 
  dreschen  OHG.  dreskan  Icel.  [thorn]reskja,  Sw  tr["o]ska, 
  Dan.  t[ae]rske,  Goth.  [thorn]riskan,  Lith.  traszketi  to 
  rattle,  Russ.  treskate  to  burst,  crackle,  tresk'  a  crash, 
  OSlav.  troska  a  stroke  of  lighting.  Cf  {Thresh}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrashing  \Thrash"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Thrash},  v. 
 
  {Thrashing  floor},  {Threshing-floor},  or  {Threshing  floor},  a 
  floor  or  area  on  which  grain  is  beaten  out 
 
  {Thrashing  machine},  a  machine  for  separating  grain  from  the 
  straw. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thrashing 
  adj  :  (especially  of  limbs  or  tail)  waving  or  swinging  about 
  vigorously;  "trying  to  drive  insects  away  with  his 
  flailing  arms";  "the  aligator's  thrashing  tail"  [syn:  {flailing}] 
  n  1:  a  sound  defeat  [syn:  {walloping},  {debacle},  {drubbing},  {slaughter}, 
  {trouncing},  {whipping}] 
  2:  the  act  of  inflicting  corporal  punishment  with  repeated 
  blows  [syn:  {beating},  {drubbing},  {trouncing},  {whacking}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  thrashing 
 
  {thrash} 
 
 




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