thresh
English Thesaurus
1. give a thrashing to; beat hard (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | beat, beat up, work over, |
| definition | : | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression (verb.contact) |
2. beat the seeds out of a grain (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | beat, |
| definition | : | hit repeatedly (verb.contact) |
3. move or stir about violently (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | agitate, shake, |
| definition | : | move or cause to move back and forth (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | whip, |
| definition | : | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash (verb.motion) |
4. move like a flail; thresh about (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | beat, flap, |
| definition | : | move with a flapping motion (verb.motion) |
5. give a thrashing to; beat hard (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | flail, |
| definition | : | an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing (noun.artifact) |
6. beat the seeds out of a grain (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | threshing, |
| definition | : | the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw (noun.act) |
7. move or stir about violently (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | toss, |
| definition | : | an abrupt movement (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | thrash, |
| definition | : | a swimming kick used while treading water (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | jactation, jactitation, |
| definition | : | (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness (noun.attribute) |
8. give a thrashing to; beat hard (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | flail, |
| definition | : | an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing (noun.artifact) |
9. beat the seeds out of a grain (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | threshing, |
| definition | : | the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw (noun.act) |
10. move or stir about violently (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | toss, |
| definition | : | an abrupt movement (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | thrash, |
| definition | : | a swimming kick used while treading water (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | jactation, jactitation, |
| definition | : | (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness (noun.attribute) |
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