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Thresh is an English word with synonyms like thrash or beat. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Thresh in a sentence

Thresh meaning

  1. To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
  2. To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.

Synonyms of Thresh

thrash beat flail beat up lam flap agitate shake jactitate toss slash thrash about thresh about convulse work over

Thresh vertaling naar Nederlands

Using Thresh

  • The main meaning on this page is: To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them. | To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them. | To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.
  • Useful related words include: thrash, beat, flail, beat up.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: dorsen.

Context around Thresh

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Thresh

  • In this selection, "thresh" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, harvest, winnow and citation stand out and add context to how "thresh" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include champion is thresh who is and j c thresh citation gave. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "thresh" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with thresh

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Obituary notice of J. C. Thresh: citation gave it the name "capsaicin" in 1876. (14 words)

Peckham’s favorite League champion is Thresh, who is a support champion that can throw chains out to grab from afar. (21 words)

The lack of equipment to harvest, thresh, winnow and mill the rice has resulted in the crop being left at the mercy of the weather, leading to post harvest losses, it said. (32 words)

The lack of equipment to harvest, thresh, winnow and mill the rice has resulted in the crop being left at the mercy of the weather, leading to post harvest losses, it said. (32 words)

Peckham’s favorite League champion is Thresh, who is a support champion that can throw chains out to grab from afar. (21 words)

Obituary notice of J. C. Thresh: citation gave it the name "capsaicin" in 1876. (14 words)

Example sentences (3)

The lack of equipment to harvest, thresh, winnow and mill the rice has resulted in the crop being left at the mercy of the weather, leading to post harvest losses, it said.

Peckham’s favorite League champion is Thresh, who is a support champion that can throw chains out to grab from afar.

Obituary notice of J. C. Thresh: citation gave it the name "capsaicin" in 1876.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "thresh" in a sentence?
An example: "The lack of equipment to harvest, thresh, winnow and mill the rice has resulted in the crop being left at the mercy of the weather, leading to post harvest losses, it said." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "thresh" from authentic English texts.
What does "thresh" mean?
Thresh means: To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
What are synonyms of "thresh"?
Common synonyms of "thresh" include: thrash, beat, flail, beat up, lam, flap, agitate, shake. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "thresh" in Dutch?
"thresh" translates to Dutch as: dorsen.
How many example sentences with "thresh" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "thresh", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.