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thresh

verb
/θrɛʃ/

Meaning

to separate grain from the plant by beating or by using a machine

Example Sentences

Farmers used machines to thresh the wheat after harvest.

Example Expressions

thresh out

Synonyms

separate, beat, winnow, flail, husk

Antonyms

combine, join, collect

Collocations

thresh wheat, thresh grain, thresh rice, thresh out ideas

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