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- Dictionarythresh/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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THRESH definition: 1. to remove the seeds of crop plants by hitting them, using either a machine or a hand tool 2. to…. Learn more.
The meaning of THRESH is to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically; also : to separate (seed) in this way. How to use thresh in a sentence.
THRESH meaning: 1. to remove the seeds of crop plants by hitting them, using either a machine or a hand tool 2. to…. Learn more.
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.
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.
Definition of thresh verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. 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. 2. (transitive) to beat or strike. 3. (intransitive; often foll by about) to toss and turn; thrash. noun. 4. the act of threshing. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
