Dictionary  threshPronunciation: (thresh), [key] —v.t. 1. to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine. 2. to beat as if with a flail. —v.i. 1. to thresh wheat, grain, etc. 2. to deliver blows as if with a flail. 3. thresh out or over.See thrash (def. 8). —n. the act of threshing. Also,thrash. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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