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Noun: threshing  thresh-ing
  1. The separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw
    "they used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it"
Verb: thresh  thresh
  1. Move or stir about violently
    "The feverish patient threshed around in his bed";
    - convulse, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
  2. Move like a flail; thresh about
    "Her arms were threshing";
    - flail
  3. (farming) beat the seeds out of a grain
    - thrash
  4. Give a thrashing to; beat hard
    - thrash, lam, flail

Derived forms: threshings

Type of: agitate, beat, beat up, flap, separation, shake, work over

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