thresh

[US]/θreʃ/
[UK]/θrɛʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to separate grain from (a plant) by beating
vi. to separate grain from a plant by beating
n. the act of separating grain from a plant by beating
Word Forms
Present Participlethreshing
Past Participlethreshed
Third Person Singularthreshes
Pluralthreshes
Past Tensethreshed

Phrases & Collocations

threshing machine

threshed wheat

Example Sentences

a thresher of grain.

Farmers thresh grain with threshing machines.

a dance floor; a threshing floor.

machinery that can reap and thresh corn in the same process.

A vertical shaft thresher has been developed to meet the need for harvest mechanization in the hilling regions of South China where the double-cropping system (paddy and wheat) is practiced.

Farmers used to thresh wheat by beating it with a flail.

It's important to thresh out all the details before starting the project.

The workers were busy threshing the rice in the fields.

They had to thresh the wheat manually because the machine broke down.

The old-fashioned way to thresh corn involved using a flail.

The team needs to thresh out their differences and come to a compromise.

The farmers were busy threshing the grain to prepare it for storage.

It's hard work to thresh the rice manually, but it needs to be done.

The machine can thresh a large amount of wheat in a short time.

Let's thresh out the details of the contract before signing anything.

Real-world Examples

They are threshing crops under the scorching sun.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book 2.

So she began to thresh the wheat.

Source: American Elementary School English 1

" Who will thresh this wheat? " asked Little Red Hen.

Source: American Elementary School English 1

We're after catching a nasty fish and he's bound to thresh about a bit.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

But we must thresh this out.

Source: Three mysterious people

Its APS Synflow Hybrid threshing system can thresh out a higher percentage of grain.

Source: Curious Engineering Encyclopedia

The farmers can then harvest his peas and thresh them and be done with them .

Source: Advanced English (Part 2)

To test the threshold of people, the robots force them to thresh in places without a thresher.

Source: Pan Pan

When I had got the grain home, I had to thresh it, part the grain from the chaff, and store it up.

Source: American Elementary School English 5

They were going to the next place where neighbors had stacked their wheat and wanted the machines to thresh it.

Source: The little cabin in the big forest.

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