thresh

1. 1

   To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.transitive

2. 2

   To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.; To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.intransitivetransitive

3. 3

   To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.literarytransitive

4. 4

   To violently toss the limbs about.intransitiveliterary

   • The jay fell all lopsidedly and threshing, as though it were having a fit. The ground killed it.
5. 5

   To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.literarytransitiveusually

6. 6

   To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).

syn. thrash