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English noun: thrash | |||
| 1. | thrash (act) a swimming kick used while treading water | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | swimming kick | ||
| Part meronym | treading water | ||
English verb: thrash | |||
| 1. | thrash (contact) give a thrashing to; beat hard | ||
| Examples | They want to thrash the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | flail, lam, thresh | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat up, work over | ||
| Verb group | bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash | ||
| 2. | thrash (motion) move or stir about violently | ||
| Samples | The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed. | ||
| Synonyms | convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agitate, shake | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | whip | ||
| 3. | thrash (motion) dance the slam dance | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue thrash | ||
| Synonyms | mosh, slam, slam dance | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | ||
| 4. | thrash (motion) beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, pound, thump | ||
| 5. | thrash (motion) move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation | ||
| Samples | The system is thrashing again!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | swap | ||
| 6. | thrash (contact) beat the seeds out of a grain | ||
| Synonyms | thresh | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat | ||
| Domain category | agriculture, farming, husbandry | ||
| 7. | thrash (contact) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight | ||
| Samples | We licked the other team on Sunday!. | ||
| Examples | The fighter managed to thrash his opponent | ||
| Synonyms | bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||
| Verb group | flail, lam, thrash, thresh | ||
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