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thresh |
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]: Thrash \Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. 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 M[ae]vius, thrash for rhymes, Like his the scorn and scandal of the times. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Threshed}; p. pr & vb n. {Threshing}.] Same as {Thrash}. He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thresh v 1: beat about [syn: {convulse}, {thresh about}, {thrash}, {thrash about}, {slash}, {toss}] 2: move like a flail; thresh about "Her arms were flailing" [syn: {flail}] 3: beat the seeds out of a grain; in agriculture [syn: {thrash}] 4: give a thrashing to beat hard [syn: {thrash}, {lam}, {flail}]
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