Dictionary:

thresh

  (thrĕsh)

1. 1. To beat the stems and husks of (grain or cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains or seeds from the straw.
   2. To separate (grains or seeds) in this manner.
2. To discuss or examine (an issue, for example) repeatedly.
3. To beat severely; thrash.

1. To use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from straw.
2. To thrash about; toss.

[Middle English thresshen, from Old English therscan.]

verb

1. To beat (plants) with a machine or by hand to separate the grain from the straw: flail, thrash. See attack/defend, strike/miss.
2. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash. Informal lambaste. Slang clobber. Idioms: rain blows on. See attack/defend, strike/miss.
3. To swing about or strike at wildly: flail, thrash, toss. Idioms: toss and turn. See attack/defend, move/halt, strike/miss.

phrasal verb - thresh out (or over)

To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about: bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), toss around. Informal hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around). Slang rap³. Idioms: go into a huddle. See words.

An animal powered thresher

Threshing place - a donkey is made to walk in the circles on a straw put on a concrete surface. This separates the grain (some remainings still visible in the middle of the place) from the chaff (left of the picture) and straw (around the perimeter) - Santorini, Greece

Threshing is the process of beating cereal plants in order to separate the seeds or grains from the straw. Although once done by hand using a flail on a threshing floor, this tiring task is now mostly done by machine. Threshing is one of the tasks a combine harvester performs, along with harvesting the plant and cleaning the grains. In some places, it is common to see plants spread along the surface of country roads so the grain may be threshed by the wheels of passing vehicles. Although threshing removes the straw and the chaff, it does not remove the bran.

See also

• Threshing machine
• Combine harvester
• Threshing-board

Threshing with hand flails, Great Britain, c. 1750.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tærske
v. intr. - tærske korn

Nederlands (Dutch)
dorsen

Français (French)
v. tr. - battre (le blé)
v. intr. - battre (le blé)
n. - battage (des blés), batteuse

Deutsch (German)
v. - dreschen, um sich schlagen, durchdiskutieren
n. - Dreschen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αλωνίζω, (μτφ.) μαστιγώνω, κοπανίζω
n. - αλωνισμός

Italiano (Italian)
trebbiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - trilhar, debulhar, espancar
n. - espancamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
хлестать, стегать, пороть, молотить, победить, всыпать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - trillar, desgranar
v. intr. - trillar, desgranar
n. - acción de desgranar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tröska
n. - tröskning

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
脱粒, 翻滚, 反复的打击, 打谷, 颠簸, 打

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 脫粒, 翻滾, 反復的打擊, 打穀
v. intr. - 打穀, 顛簸, 打

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 타작하다, 찬찬하게 훑어보다, 때리다
v. intr. - 타작하다, 뒹굴다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ころげ回る, 脱穀する
n. - 脱穀

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجلد, يضرب, يدرس, ( الحنطه) (الاسم) دارس, الحنطه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דש, חבט שיבולים, ניתח בעיה‬
v. intr. - ‮הניע את גפיו באליומות או בבהלה‬

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