thresh

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English thrasshen, thresche, threschen, threschyn, threshen, thresshen, tressyn, þreisshe, þresshe, from Old English þerscan, þrexan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh; to tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn; to drill, pierce”). Doublet of thrash. === Pronunciation === enPR: thrĕsh, IPA(key): /θɹɛʃ/ Rhymes: -ɛʃ === Verb === thresh (third-person singular simple present threshes, present participle threshing, simple past and past participle threshed) (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them. (intransitive, of a crop) To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated. (transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub. (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about. (transitive, literary, usually with 'over') To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument. (nautical) To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves). ==== Synonyms ==== thrash ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Scots == === Noun === thresh alternative form of thrash (“a rush”)