English Dictionary

thresh

IPA（発音記号）

/θɹɛʃ/

動詞

他動詞 文語 自動詞

(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery.

日本語の意味

穀物から藁や殻を機械的に分離する、いわゆる脱穀する行為を指す。

Every autumn my grandfather and I thresh the barley in the old barn until the grain separates from the straw.

毎年秋、祖父と私は古い納屋で大麦を脱穀し、藁から穀粒を分けます。

意味（1）

(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery.

意味（2）

(transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.

意味（3）

(intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.

The jay fell all lopsidedly and threshing, as though it were having a fit. The ground killed it.

threshes （ present singular third-person ）

threshing （ participle present ）

threshed （ participle past ）

threshed （ past ）