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| thresh [ thresh ] |
verb (past and past participle threshed, present participle thresh·ing, 3rd person present singular thresh·es) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb separate seeds from plant: to use a machine, flail, or other implement to separate the seeds of a harvested plant from the straw and chaff, husks, or other residue
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2. transitive verb
Same as thrashv (sense 2)
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3. transitive verb examine exhaustively: to examine something such as an issue or a proposal, exhaustively
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4. transitive and intransitive verb
Same as thrashv (sense 3)
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noun (plural thresh·es) |
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threshing: an act of threshing a harvested crop
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| [ Old English þerscan< Indo-European, "to rub"] |
