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    thresh
    /θrɛʃ/

    verb

    • 1. separate grain from (corn or other crops), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism: "machinery that can reap and thresh corn in the same process"
    • 2. move violently; thrash: "a creature threshing in a net"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTHRESH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Thresh means to remove the seeds of crop plants by hitting them, using either a machine or a hand tool. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of thresh with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › threshThresh Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Thresh is a verb that means to separate seed from a harvested plant mechanically or to strike repeatedly. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › threshTHRESH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Thresh definition: 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. . See examples of THRESH used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTHRESH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Thresh means to beat or rub cereal plants to separate the grains from the husks and straw. It can also mean to beat or strike something or someone, or to toss and turn. See word origin, synonyms, pronunciation and sentences.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › threshTHRESH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Thresh means to remove the seeds of crop plants by hitting them, using either a machine or a hand tool. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see translations and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › threshThresh - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To thresh is to harvest seeds from grain by beating or crushing it. Before the invention of machines to do this task, it took a huge amount of time to thresh grain by hand. To make this tedious task go faster, farmers used to thresh in groups, throwing threshing bees where neighbors worked together.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionthresh verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

    Thresh is a verb that means to separate grains from plants or to move violently. Learn how to pronounce it, see examples and synonyms, and check its origin and grammar.

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