threshing

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English

Definitions

verb

To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery.
To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.

noun

The process by which something is threshed.

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Synonyms

thrash thrashing flail slash lam thrash about toss convulse thresh about driving rubbing pile hype threshing floor threshing sledge thresher

Associated

thresh winnowing chaff rasp shekels reaping sawing ploughing grain laborious

Rhymes

refreshing meshing enmeshing fleshing flesh hung

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