thresh

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to separate grain or seeds from harvested plants by beating or by machine

   The farmers threshed the wheat after the sheaves had dried.

2. 2
   verb

   to beat, toss, or move about violently

   The injured bird threshed its wings against the net.

From Middle English thresshen, from Old English threscan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic threskanan, 'to thresh.' Thrash is a later variant of the same verb.

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