threshing synonyms

threshing

n.

  1. The act of removing grain from hulls

    separating, flailing, beating, treading, garnering, winnowing, sifting, harvesting, putting it through*, combining*; see also division 1.

  2. A beating

    trouncing, infliction, drubbing; see punishment.

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