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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Threshed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Threshing.]
     Same as Thrash.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Thrash \Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t.
     1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the
        business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who
        thrashes well.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I rather would be M[ae]vius, thrash for rhymes,
              Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Thrash \Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Thrashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.] [OE.
     [thorn]reschen, [thorn]reshen, to beat, AS. [thorn]erscan,
     [thorn]rescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G.
     dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. [thorn]reskja, Sw. tr["o]ska,
     Dan. t[ae]rske, Goth. [thorn]riskan, Lith. traszketi to
     rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash,
     OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.]
     1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the
        straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the
        kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to
        thrash over the old straw.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by
              machines.                             --H. Spencer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Thrash \Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Thrashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.] [OE.
     [thorn]reschen, [thorn]reshen, to beat, AS. [thorn]erscan,
     [thorn]rescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G.
     dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. [thorn]reskja, Sw. tr["o]ska,
     Dan. t[ae]rske, Goth. [thorn]riskan, Lith. traszketi to
     rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash,
     OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.]
     1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the
        straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the
        kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to
        thrash over the old straw.
  
              The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by
              machines.                             --H. Spencer.
  
     2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Thrash \Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t.
     1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the
        business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who
        thrashes well.
  
     2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
  
              I rather would be M[ae]vius, thrash for rhymes, Like
              his, the scorn and scandal of the times. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Threshed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Threshing.]
     Same as Thrash.
  
           He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. --Chaucer.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  thresh
       v 1: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
            around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh about, thrash,
             thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate]
       2: move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
          [syn: flail]
       3: beat the seeds out of a grain [syn: thrash]
       4: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: thrash, lam, flail]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  thresh
     Αγγλικά vb.
     εκκοκκίζω, αλωνίζω, διαχωρίζω το σανό από σπόρο (στο αλώνι ή με
  μηχάνημα)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

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

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  thresh
     Englanti vb.
     puida

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Thresh /θɹˈɛʃ/
  إدرس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  thresh //θɹɛʃ// 
  вършея
  to separate the grain from the straw or husks

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  thresh /θɹˈɛʃ/
  vymlátit např. obilí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  thresh /θɹˈɛʃ/ 
  mlátit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  thresh /θɹˈɛʃ/ 
  dyrnu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  thresh! /θɹˈɛʃ/
  drisch!
   see: thresh sth., threshing, threshed, he/she threshes, I/he/she would thresh, talk a lot of claptrap/hot air, churn out platitudes
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  thresh //θɹɛʃ// 
  puida
  to separate the grain from the straw or husks

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  thresh /θreʃ/
  battre, passer à tabac, rosser

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  thresh /θɹˈɛʃ/
  mlatiti, tući, udarati

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  thresh /θɹˈɛʃ/
  trebbiare

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  thresh //θɹɛʃ// 
  脱穀
  to separate the grain from the straw or husks

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  thresh /θreʃ/
  plakti, mušti, kulti

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  thresh /θreʃ/
  afranselen, afrossen, dorsen, hard slaan

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  thresh /θreʃ/ 
    młócić

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  thresh /θreʃ/
  bater, debulhar, esbordoar, espancar, malhar, sovar, trilhar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  thresh //θɹɛʃ// 
  tröska
  to separate the grain from the straw or husks

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  thresh /θɹˈɛʃ/
  1. harman dövmek. thresh'ing floor harman yeri. thresh'er  harman dövme makinası
  2. sapanbalığı, (zool.) Alopias vulpes.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈθɹɛʃ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "thresh":
     bang, baste, batter, beat, bolt, buffet, cordon, cordon off,
     cull out, divide, drub, flail, flap, ghettoize, gin, hammer,
     insulate, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, knock, lambaste, larrup,
     lay aside, maul, paste, patter, pelt, pick out, pommel, pound,
     pulverize, pummel, put aside, quarantine, rap, riddle, screen,
     seclude, segregate, separate, set apart, set aside, sieve, sift,
     sledgehammer, sort out, spank, thrash, thump, wallop, whip,
     winnow
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 打谷;
  v. 打谷,打,翻滚;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 打谷,打,翻滚,反复做,推敲
     vi. 打谷,打,颠簸

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