Thresh
31thresh — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To free grain or seed from hulls] Syn. flail, tread, separate, winnow, sift, thrash, beat, garner; see also beat 2 . 2. [To chastise] Syn. trounce, whip, hit; see beat 2 , punish . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. beat,… …
32thresh — thrash …
33thresh — [[t]θre̱ʃ[/t]] threshes, threshing, threshed VERB: usu passive When a cereal such as corn, wheat, or rice is threshed, it is beaten in order to separate the grains from the rest of the plant. [be V ed] The corn was still sown, cut and threshed as …
34thresh — θreʃ v. thrash, beat out grain from husks …
35thresh — verb 1》 separate grain from (corn or other crops), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism. 2》 move violently; thrash. Derivatives threshing noun Origin OE therscan, later threscan, of Gmc origin; cf. thrash …
36thresh — v. a. See thrash …
37thresh — verb (I, T) to separate the grain from the rest of corn, wheat etc, by beating it with a special tool or machine thresher noun (C) compare thrash 2 …
38thresh out — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about: bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), toss around. Informal: hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around). Slang: rap3. Idiom: go… …
39thresh over — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about: bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), toss around. Informal: hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around). Slang: rap3. Idiom: go… …
40thresh out — give a subject a lot of thought in order to reach a decision …
