🌾thresh

verb
/θrɛʃ/

Meaning

to separate grain from the plant by beating or by using a machine

Example Sentences

Farmers used machines to thresh the wheat after harvest.

Example Expressions

thresh out

Synonyms

separate, beat, winnow, flail, husk

Antonyms

combine, join, collect

Collocations

thresh wheat, thresh grain, thresh rice, thresh out ideas

Related Vocabularies

to defeat thoroughly, especially in battle or competition
to contain as a part; to add as a member or element
to face someone or something directly, especially in a challenge or conflict
to say something suddenly without thinking
To reduce the number of people living in a place.
to step or walk on something; to crush with feet

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