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thresh

[thresh] / θrɛʃ /
VERB
beat
Synonyms
STRONG
assail assault bang bash baste bat batter belabor belt box break bruise buffet cane castigate clout club collide crush cudgel drub flagellate flail flog hammer hit knock lambaste lash lick maltreat mash maul pelt pound pummel punch punish ram rap slap slug smack smash spank strike swat thrash thump thwack trounce wallop whale whip
WEAK
rain blows on
Antonyms
STRONG
compliment fail fix let go lose mend praise protect surrender tap
VERB
thrash
Synonyms
STRONG
batter belabor belt birch buffet bury cane chasten chastise clobber crush defeat flagellate flail flog jerk kill lambaste lick maul murder overwhelm paste pelt pitch pound pummel punish rout rush scourge seesaw slaughter spank stir strike surge tan toss trash trim trounce wallop wax whip writhe
WEAK
beat up tan one's hide toss and turn work over
Antonyms
STRONG
aid cheer comfort compliment encourage fail give up guard help inspirit let go lose praise protect surrender tap

Example Sentences

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I left word with the maid that we were on no account to be disturbed and we sat down to thresh the whole thing out.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017

Everywhere we went, we stopped to help women pick chiles or men thresh rice.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2015

Q: Does he thresh things out with you?

From US News • Jun. 5, 2015

Winter brought the people indoors to weave yarn into fabric, sew clothing, thresh grain, and keep the fires going.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Up and down they swayed, thresh and ply.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.