Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
- 3transitive verb
To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
- 4transitive verb
Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
- 5transitive/intransitive verb
Same as Thrash.
- 6verb
give a thrashing to; beat hard
- 7verb
beat the seeds out of a grain
Synonyms
- 8verb
move or stir about violently
"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
- 9verb
move like a flail; thresh about
"Her arms were flailing"
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