thresh : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thresh	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for thresh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thresh v move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" Synonym(s): convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing" Synonym(s): flail, thresh beat the seeds out of a grain Synonym(s): thrash, thresh give a thrashing to; beat hard Synonym(s): thrash, thresh, lam, flail
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[94]ska, Dan. t[91]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[91]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.