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threshing

threshing

2 7.1
Separating grain from stalks and husks by beating or using machines
  • noun
  • /ˈθrɛʃɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • The Church functioned as a kind of threshing floor, where in the end the grain would be separated from the chaff.
  • threshing machine
  • threshing floor
  • threshing grain

So the problem is very nice to you know, you harvest the grain, you you, you bring it into the threshing floor.

Examples

  • But then the big guys, the big farmers, they start, they start buying threshing machines.

  • The sound of the machines was loud as they worked on threshing the barley after the harvest.

  • "I remember that three years ago at threshing time.."

    Blaze (2018)

  • I knew a man who lost his arm once in a threshing accident.

    Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

  • About two weeks later, threshing was over, too.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The day after the funeral, the threshing crew finally arrived.

    Northern Lights (1978)

  • After only about two hours of threshing, the machine broke down and wasn't able to get running again.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Ole and Adelaide had decided to hire out to a threshing crew at the last minute.

    Northern Lights (1978)

  • During the summer months, farmers often invite friends to help with threshing the wheat in the fields.

  • He spent the day threshing corn, carefully ensuring every kernel was separated from the husk.

Compounds

threshing floor
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A flat area where people beat grain to separate it from husks

threshing machine
  • Archaic
1 4.7

A machine on a farm that separates grain from stalks and husks

How Mechanized

combine
6 6.1
threshing machine
  • Archaic
1 4.7
threshing
  • Specialized
2 7.1

Surface Forms

threshing singular
threshings plural

Morphology

threshing = thresh (transparent) = thresh + ing

Standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'thresh' indicating the process or activity of threshing.

Etymology

The word threshing comes from the old English verb thresh, which meant 'to beat', and shares the same root as thrash. So threshing is the beating of grain to separate the seeds from the husks and straw.