| VERB | motion | thresh, convulse, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate | move or stir about violently |
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| motion | thresh, flail | move like a flail | |
| contact | thresh, thrash | beat the seeds out of a grain | |
| contact | thresh, thrash, lam, flail | give a thrashing to |
| Sounds | threh'sh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | afresh ... resh: 12 rhymes with ehsh... | |
| Meaning | Move or stir about violently. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | convulse, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate | |
| Narrower | whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash |
| Broader | shake, agitate | Move or cause to move back and forth |
| Spanish | acuchillar, agitar, convelerse, dar vueltas, moverse agitadamente, reducir, sacudirse, sacudir, trillar, vapulear | |
| Catalan | convulsar, crispar, remenar | |
| Meaning | Move like a flail; thresh about. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | flail | |
| Broader | beat, flap | Move with a flapping motion |
| Spanish | agitar violentamente, sacudir | |
| Meaning | Beat the seeds out of a grain. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The fighter managed to thresh his opponent | |
| Synonym | thrash | |
| Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
| Broader | beat | hit repeatedly |
| Spanish | desgranar, trillar | |
| Catalan | trillar | |
| Nouns | thresher | a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw |
| threshing | the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw | |
| Meaning | Give a thrashing to; beat hard. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to thresh the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | thrash, lam, flail | |
| Broader | beat, beat up, work over | Give a beating to |
| Similar to | cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick | Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
| Spanish | desgranar, zurrar | |
| Catalan | apallissar, estomacar | |
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