thresh

US //ˈθɹɛʃ// UK //θɹˈɛʃ// thresh

Literary

Synonyms

convulse
flail
jactitate
lam
slash
thrash
toss

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *þreskaną Old English þrescan Middle English threschen English thresh From Middle English thresshen, threshen, threschen, from Old English þrescan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną. Compare West Frisian terskje, Dutch dorsen, Low German dörschen, German dreschen, Danish tærske, Swedish tröska, Yiddish דרעשן (dreshn). Doublet of thrash.