thresh
To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating, with a flail or…To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
» One doesn't cover the mouth of a threshing horse.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
dreschen
молоти́тьmolotítʹ
молоти́тиmolotýty
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, transitive)To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.
(literary, transitive)To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
(intransitive, literary)To violently toss the limbs about.
move or stir about violently
(literary, transitive, usually)To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.
To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).
Examples
19 sentencesOne doesn't cover the mouth of a threshing horse.
A long time ago, people used to thresh by hand.
If ploughing were a matter of gazing, anyone could thresh wheat.
He acted as if she had ordered him to do the threshing.
deEr tat so, als hätten sie ihn zum Dreschen bestellt.
Threshing cereals creates a lot of dust.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English thrasshen, thresche, threschen, threschyn, threshen, thresshen, tressyFrom 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.
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Forms
threshes, threshing, threshed, threshedSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle