threshing
Meaning
thresh
- (transitive) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
- (literary, transitive) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
- (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.
Synonyms
Translations
battage
Dreschen
trilla
αλώνισμα
battitura col correggiato
debulhação
الدراسةEtymology
In summary
From Middle English thresshyng; equivalent to thresh + -ing.
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