- present participle of thresh.
threshing
Example Sentences
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A short walk away, a threshing machine spews clouds of dust and chaff as wheat pours out in a steady stream, rattling into worn brown sacks at farmers' feet.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Mechanization soon followed, with threshing machines and combine harvesters leaving less behind for gleaners to collect.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025
Farmers have already completed the 2023 wheat harvest, threshing 21.94 million metric tons.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
She downloaded the book’s audio version and listened to it as she drove her 25-ton John Deere combine through her fields, reaping, threshing and winnowing hundreds of bushels.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
The Case Special came through every August with flatcars of the latest in steam engines and threshing machines.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
