thresh

thresh is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
3. transitive verb. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
4. transitive verb. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
5. transitive/intransitive verb. Same as Thrash.
6. verb. give a thrashing to; beat hard

   Synonyms: flail, lam, thrash

7. verb. beat the seeds out of a grain

   Synonyms: thrash

8. verb. move or stir about violently

   "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

   Synonyms: convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, toss

9. verb. move like a flail; thresh about

   "Her arms were flailing"

   Synonyms: flail

Synonyms

flail, lam, thrash, convulse, jactitate, slash, toss

Common word forms

threshal, threshed, thresher, threshes, threshing

Words from these letters

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