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thresh en · VERB

Pronunciation

• thrĕsh
• /θɹɛʃ/
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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. Cognates Cognate with Dutch dorsen (“to thresh; to thrash”), German and Luxembourgish dreschen (“to thresh; to thrash”), Yiddish דרעשן (dreshn, “to thresh”), Danish tærske (“to thresh”), Faroese treskja (“to thresh”), Icelandic þreskja (“to thresh”), Norwegian Nynorsk treska, treske, treskja, treskje (“to thrash”), Swedish tröska (“to thresh”), Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (þriskan, “to thresh”), Finnish rehkiä (“to drudge; to toil”); also Welsh taradr (“auger, wimble; awl, borer; drill”), Latin terō (“to rub or triturate; to wear away or wear out, consume; to tread; to press with a mill; to pass, spend”), Greek τρίβω (trívo, “to grate; to rub”), Albanian tjerr (“to spin”), Belarusian це́рці (cjérci, “to rub; to polish; to pinch; to grind”), Bulgarian три́я (tríja, “to rub; to chafe; to grind”), Czech třít (“to rub; to spawn”), Polish tarć, treć, trzeć, trzyć (“to rub; to shred; to cut; to chafe; to crush; to spawn”), Russian тере́ть (terétʹ, “to rub; to polish; to grind”), Serbo-Croatian тр̏ти, tȑti (“to rub; to cause friction; to scour; to break, crush”), Slovak trieť (“to rub”), Slovene treti (“to crack open; to rub”), Ukrainian те́рти (térty, “to rub; to scrub”), Armenian թուր (tʻur, “sword”), Sogdian ܕܣܦܪܛܪ (dsprtr, “hand towel”), Hittite 𒋻𒌑𒍣 (tar-ú-zi, “to perform a round dance, to dance in twisting manner”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B tärk- (“to allow, let; to let go”), Sanskrit तर्कु (tarku, “spindle”).

Meanings

1. (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.
2. (intransitive, of a crop, 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. ▸ To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.
3. (literary, transitive) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
4. (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.
   • The jay fell all lopsidedly and threshing, as though it were having a fit. The ground killed it. 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 41:
5. (literary, transitive, usually, with 'over') To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.
6. To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).

Forms

Deriveds

unthreshed · thresherman · thresher · threshold · threshable · threshing sledge · thresh out · threshing · threshel

Synonyms

thrash

Translations (72)

io drashar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · eu eultzitu (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · lv kult (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · egl bāter (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · cmn 打穀 /打谷 (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · gl mallar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · lo ສົງເຂົ້າ (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · tr harmanlamak (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · uk молоти́ти (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · fi puida (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · gd buail (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · mk врши (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ka დაბეგვა (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ruq trăir (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · pt debulhar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ko 도리깨질하다 (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · bg вършея (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · es azotar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · qu t'ustuy (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · fr fouler (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · mr मळणे (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ca trillar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · nn treske (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · hu csépel (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · sv tröska (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · am ወቃ (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ro treiera (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · pt malhar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · unm paitehike (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · el αλωνίζω (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ko 뒹굴다 (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ba һуғыу (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · izh tappaa (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · nn treskje (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · es apalear (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · eo draŝi (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ru молоти́ть (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · it trebbiare (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · fo treskja (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · de dreschen (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · gl trillar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · tr harman çevirmek (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · es desgranar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · af dors (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · is þreskja (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · vi đập (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ruq trighir (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · sk mlátiť (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · es trillar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · cmn 脫粒 /脱粒 (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ltg kuļt (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · cs mlátit (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · nb treske (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · pl młócić (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · da tærske (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · nl dorsen (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · rup triyir (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · mt derra (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · sq shij (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · hi गाहना (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · he דש (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · vo cepön (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · yi דרעשן (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · hy կալսել (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · non þreskja (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · cy dyrnu (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · lb dreschen (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ja 脱穀する (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · pt espalhar (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · la trituro (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · ar دَرَسَ (to separate the grain from the straw or husks) · fr battre (to separate the grain from the straw or husks)