threshing

verb

Meaning

To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery.
To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
The process by which something is threshed.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

flail(English)slash(English)thrash(English)lam(English)thrash about(English)toss(English)convulse(English)thresh about(English)thresh(English)winnowing(English)thresher(English)chaff(English)

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Sources

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