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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
Synonyms
Examples for "lam"
Examples for "lam"
1
Cash and calls weren't the only thing Massino got on the lam.
King of the godfathers: "big joey" massino and the fall of the b...
2
Stinker is a bargee, but he was quite right to lam me.
The Right Stuff: Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton
3
We're both on the lam now. He glanced idly toward the woman.
The wrong venus
4
I'm liable to lam your head off, threatened the big man sullenly.
Steve Yeager
5
De way that gal lam me across the head was a caution!
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
1
He stopped firing to flail at the fire with his free hand.
The Neutronium Alchemist
2
I flail around, trying to use vines and trunks to right myself.
Catching Fire
3
The stick with which the beating is done is called a flail.
Daddy Takes Us to the Garden / The Daddy Series for Little Folks
4
He went out to the barn and got hold of a flail.
The Pink Fairy Book
5
Even as he dropped, the giant flail swept down upon the soldiers.
The Metal Monster
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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