About The Word Thrash
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Thrash
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What's The Definition Of Thrash?
[n] a swimming kick used while treading water
[v] beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [v] give a thrashing to; beat hard [v] beat the seeds out of a grain; in agriculture [v] move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; of overloaded paging systems; "The system is thrashing again!" [v] beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all [v] move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" [v] dance the slam dance Synonyms | Synonyms for Thrash: bat | clobber | convulse | drub | jactitate | lick | mosh | slam | slam dance | slash | thrash about | thresh | thresh about | toss Related Terms | Find terms related to Thrash: See Also | agitate | beat | beat | beat out | beat up | crush | dance | pound | shake | shell | swap | swimming kick | thump | treading water | trip the light fantastic | trip the light fantastic toe | trounce | vanquish | whip | work over Thrash In Webster's Dictionary \Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Thrashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrashing}.] [OE.
[thorn]reschen, [thorn]reshen, to beat, AS. [thorn]erscan,
[thorn]rescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G.
dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. [thorn]reskja, Sw. tr["o]ska,
Dan. t[ae]rske, Goth. [thorn]riskan, Lith. traszketi to
rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash,
OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. {Thresh}.]
1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the
straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the
kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to
thrash over the old straw.
The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by
machines. --H. Spencer.
2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
\Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. 1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well. 2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be M[ae]vius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. --Dryden. |
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