thresh — ozdic

Collocations

3

ADJ.

used

VERB + THRESH

gazing

THRESH + NOUN

wheat

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 separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.

3

To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.

4

To violently toss the limbs about.

The jay fell all lopsidedly and threshing, as though it were having a fit. The ground killed it.

5

To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.

verb — give a thrashing to

verb — beat the seeds out of a grain

verb — move or stir about violently

verb — move like a flail

3

01

The jay fell all lopsidedly and threshing, as though it were having a fit. The ground killed it.

Wiktionary

02

If ploughing were a matter of gazing, anyone could thresh wheat.

Tatoeba · #8896456

03

A long time ago, people used to thresh by hand.

Tatoeba · #12488897

i Register

In some senses, thresh is marked as literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.