English Explanatory Dictionary

thresh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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. To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.
  3. To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
  4. To violently toss the limbs about.
  5. To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.
  6. To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).

Pronunciation

thrĕsh /θɹɛʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thresh.wav

Word forms

thresh threshes threshing threshed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *þreskaną Old English þrescan Middle English threschen English thresh From Middle English thresshen, threshen, threschen, from Old English þrescan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną. Compare West Frisian terskje, Dutch dorsen, Low German dörschen, German dreschen, Danish tærske, Swedish tröska, Yiddish דרעשן (dreshn). Doublet of thrash.

Synonyms

thrash

Derived words

threshel thresher thresherman threshing threshing sledge threshold thresh out

Translations

Afrikaans: dors Arabic: دَرَسَ Armenian: կալսել Aromanian: triyir Basque: eultzitu Bulgarian: вършея Catalan: trillar Chinese Mandarin: 打穀 /打谷 Chinese Mandarin: 脫粒 /脱粒 Czech: mlátit Danish: tærske Dutch: dorsen Emilian: bāter Esperanto: draŝi Faroese: treskja Finnish: puida French: battre French: fouler Galician: mallar Galician: trillar Georgian: დაბეგვა German: dreschen Greek: αλωνίζω Hebrew: דש Hindi: गाहना Hungarian: csépel Icelandic: þreskja Ido: drashar Ingrian: tappaa Italian: trebbiare Japanese: 脱穀する Korean: 뒹굴다 Korean: 도리깨질하다 Latgalian: kuļt Latin: trituro Latvian: kult Luxembourgish: dreschen Macedonian: врши Maltese: derra Megleno-Romanian: trăir Megleno-Romanian: trighir Norwegian Bokmål: treske Norwegian Nynorsk: treske Norwegian Nynorsk: treskje Old Norse: þreskja Polish: młócić
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