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thresh — [thresh] vt. [ME threschen: earlier form of THRASH] 1. to beat out (grain) from its husk, as with a flail 2. to beat grain out of (husks) 3. to beat or strike as with a flail vi. 1. to thresh grain 2. to toss about; thrash … English World dictionary
thresh 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… … English dictionary for students
thresh 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… … English dictionary for students
thresh — 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,… … English dictionary for students
thrash about — verb move or stir about violently (Freq. 1) The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed • Syn: ↑convulse, ↑thresh, ↑thresh about, ↑thrash, ↑slash, ↑toss, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
knock about — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rove, drift, wander; see drift , roam , walk 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To be rough or brutal with: manhandle, rough (up), slap around. Slang: mess up. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 2. To injure or damage, as by abuse or… … English dictionary for students
jactitate — verb move or stir about violently The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed • Syn: ↑convulse, ↑thresh, ↑thresh about, ↑thrash, ↑thrash about, ↑slash, ↑toss … Useful english dictionary
whip — I noun 1. an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑instrument • Hyponyms: ↑cat o nine tails, ↑cat, ↑cowhide, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
flail — I noun an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑implement II verb 1. give a thrashing to; beat hard (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
thresher — /thresh euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that threshes. 2. Also, thrasher. Also called thresher shark. a large shark of the genus Alopias, esp. A. vulpinus, which threshes the water with its long tail to drive together the small fish on which it… … Universalium
