threshing

Verb

present participle and gerund of thresh

Noun

The process by which something is threshed.

thresh

1. (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.
2. (literary, transitive) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
3. (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thresshyng

In summary

From Middle English thresshyng; equivalent to thresh + -ing.

Synonyms

thrashing

flailing

harvest

thresh

winnowing

seed extraction

beating off rice

thresh grain

beating

shelling seed husking

Translations

trebbiatura

battage

debulha

Dreschen

młocka

trilla

αλώνισμα

درس

battitura col correggiato

młócenie cepami

omłot

młócka

młócenie

debulhação

الدراسة