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- [thresh]
- /θrɛʃ/
- /θreʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [thresh]
- /θrɛʃ/
Definitions of thresh word
- verb with object thresh to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine. 1
- verb with object thresh to beat as if with a flail. 1
- verb without object thresh to thresh wheat, grain, etc. 1
- verb without object thresh to deliver blows as if with a flail. 1
- noun thresh the act of threshing. 1
- transitive verb thresh grain: separate by thrashing 1
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Origin of thresh
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English threschen, thresshen, Old English threscan; cognate with German dreschen, Gothic thriskan; akin to Dutch dorsen, Old Norse thriskja
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Parts of speech for Thresh
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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thresh popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thresh usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thresh
verb thresh
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- birch — A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- birching — the action of beating someone, esp a naughty schoolchild, with a birch
- caned — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caning — a beating with a cane as a punishment
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