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Vocabulary Entry
thresh
|verb • verb
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verb
To separate grain from chaff by a machine.
Example Sentences
"Farmers thresh the wheat to prepare it for sale."
"After the harvest, we need to thresh the barley before it can be stored."
"They used an old-fashioned method to thresh the rice manually."
V
verb
To beat or strike repeatedly.
Example Sentences
"He threshed the pillow to fluff it up."
"The storm threshed the trees, causing branches to fall."
"The boxer threshed his opponent in the final round of the match."