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Threshing

To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery.

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📖 Definitions of "Threshing"

verb

1
To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery.
2
To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.

noun

1
The process by which something is threshed.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Threshing"

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Word	Definition
flailnoun	(transitive) To wave or swing vigorously
slashnoun	A slashing action or motion:
thrashverb	To beat mercilessly.
lamnoun	(intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.
thrash aboutverb	to move unpredictably and often violently, usually unaware
tossverb	To throw with an initial upward direction.
convulseverb	(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
thresh aboutverb	move or stir about violently
drivingnoun	The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
rubbingnoun	An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.
pilenoun	A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
hypenoun	(marketing) Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims.
thrashingnoun	Action of the verb to thrash.
threshing floornoun	(agriculture, chiefly historical) The floor of a threshing house or similar area where grain is threshed.
threshing sledgenoun	A rectangular wooden plank designed to separate grain from chaff.
threshernoun	(agriculture) A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
threshing boardnoun	Synonym of threshing sledge.
threshing-floornoun	Alternative spelling of threshing floor. [(agriculture, chiefly historical) The floor of a threshing house or similar area where grain is threshed.]
threshing-boardnoun	Alternative spelling of threshing board, synonym of threshing sledge. [Synonym of threshing sledge.]
threshing slednoun	Synonym of threshing sledge.