Thresh Synonyms & Definitions

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• ThreshDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
2. (v. t.) To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.
3. (v. t. & i.) Same as Thrash.
4. (v. t.) Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
5. (v. t.) To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

• ThresherDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.
2. (n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
3. (n.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush.
4. (n.) Same as Thrasher.