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Meanings of thresh in English

Portuguese
sovar
Catalan
crispar
Spanish
sacudir

Move or stir about violently.

sovar
Catalan
estomacar
Spanish
sacudir

Give a thrashing to; beat hard.

estomacar
Usage of thresh in English
1
The two of you will have to thresh it out between yourselves.
When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
2
The men thresh the last sheaf till it is reduced to chopped straw.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
3
The milker would not thresh and the master did not appear.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
4
Now we have the place to ourselves; and we'll thresh this matter out.
The Riverman
5
The Leaders of Thought will have to thresh that out soon.
Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers
6
And he began to thresh about with his arms and legs.
Typhoon
7
See that you stand clear, for the least branch will thresh you down.
The Amateur Poacher
8
Just as he opened it, Fabio's servant confronted him on the thresh old.
After Dark
9
If it isn't, we must thresh it out when we meet.
The Spinners
10
Come, my dear, sit down and we'll thresh this out quietly.
Hidden Gold
11
I've got to get back to work; you go ahead and thresh it out.
The long saturday night
12
But second thought told him that Red Eagle would surely thresh up the swamp.
The Eyes of the Woods: A Story of the Ancient Wilderness
13
The Moujik began to thresh: from every sheaf he got a peck of grain.
Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
14
Hans must thresh by himself all that was lying upon the other six floors.
The Pink Fairy Book
15
He would thresh McQuade within an inch of his life.
Half a Rogue
16
And I want to look at you, Rod Norton, while we thresh it out.
The Bells of San Juan
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