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What does it mean to thresh out?
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.
Whats does thresh mean?
to separate seed from
Definition of thresh transitive verb. 1 : to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically also : to separate (seed) in this way. 2 : thrash sense 3. 3 : to strike repeatedly.
How do you thresh something?
thresh out
- To beat the stems and husks of some grain or cereal plant with a machine or flail to separate the grains or seeds from the straw: I threshed out the ears of corn.
- To separate some grains or seeds by beating the stems and husks with a machine or flail: The farmers threshed out the grain.
What is the meaning of threshing and harvesting?
Harvesting-Cutting of crop plants after maturation is called harvesting. It is done by cutting the crop plants close to the ground or pulling the crop plants. Threshing-Separation of grains from chaff is called threshing.
How do you use thresh in a sentence?
How to use Thresh in a sentence
- It usually takes a day and a quarter to thresh the wheat which it took a day to cut.
- It costs about $1.50 an acre to thresh the grain and put it into the elevator.
What is the synonym of thresh?
thrash. verbflail about; beat. batter. beat up. belabor.
How is threshing carried out?
The common method for manual threshing is hand beating against an object, treading, or by holding the crop against a rotating drum with spikes or rasp bars. Hand beating methods are normally used for threshing rice that easily shatters (i.e., at lower moisture content).
What is the synonym of Thresh?
What does it mean to thrash wheat?
Wheat and oat plants have a head of edible grain at the top of a long stem. After the grain is cut and dried, the seed heads have to be removed from the stems. This is called threshing. Threshing on farms with small amounts of grain was done using a tool called a flail.
What is the purpose of threshing?
What is the purpose of threshing? Threshing is the loosening process of the edible portion of grain (or other crop) from the straw it is bound to. After reaping, it is the step in grain preparation. Threshing would not strip the bran off the kernel.
What is the meaning of tumbled over?
phrasal verb. If someone or something tumbles over, they fall, often with a rolling or bouncing movement. The man tumbled over backwards. [