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English verb: thresh | |||
| 1. | thresh (motion) move or stir about violently | ||
| Samples | The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed. | ||
| Synonyms | convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh about, toss | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agitate, shake | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | whip | ||
| 2. | thresh (motion) move like a flail; thresh about | ||
| Samples | Her arms were flailing. | ||
| Synonyms | flail | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, flap | ||
| 3. | thresh (contact) beat the seeds out of a grain | ||
| Examples | The fighter managed to thresh his opponent | ||
| Synonyms | thrash | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat | ||
| Domain category | agriculture, farming, husbandry | ||
| 4. | thresh (contact) give a thrashing to; beat hard | ||
| Examples | They want to thresh the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | flail, lam, thrash | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat up, work over | ||
| Verb group | bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash | ||
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