thresh
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *þreskaną Old English þrescan Middle English threschen English thresh From Middle English thresshen, threshen, threschen, from Old English þrescan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną. Compare West Frisian terskje, Dutch dorsen, Low German dörschen, German dreschen, Danish tærske, Swedish tröska, Yiddish דרעשן (dreshn). Doublet of thrash.
- inherited from *þreskaną✻
- inherited from þrescan
- inherited from thresshen
Definitions
To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail…
To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip
To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
To violently toss the limbs about.
- The jay fell all lopsidedly and threshing, as though it were having a fit. The ground killed it.
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To belabor
To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.
To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).
The neighborhood
- synonymthrash
Derived
threshel, thresher, thresherman, threshing, threshing sledge, threshold, thresh out
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at thresh. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at thresh. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at thresh
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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