Thresh Definition

thrĕsh
threshed, threshes, threshing
verb
threshed, threshes, threshing
To beat out (grain) from its husk, as with a flail.
Webster's New World
To thresh grain.
Webster's New World
To beat grain out of (husks)
Webster's New World
To discuss or examine (an issue, for example) repeatedly.
American Heritage
To beat or strike as with a flail.
Webster's New World
idiom
thresh out
Webster's New World

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Origin of Thresh

  • From Middle English thresshen, threshen, threschen, from Old English þrescan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną. Compare West Frisian terskje, Dutch dorsen, Low German döschen, German dreschen, Danish tærske, Swedish tröska.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English thresshen from Old English therscan terə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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