| Main Entry: | threshing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of removing grain or seeds from hulls or husks |
Synonyms: |
beating, flailing, garnering, harvesting, separating, sifting, treading, winnowing |
| Main Entry: | threshing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beating |
Synonyms: |
drubbing, flogging, thrashing, trouncing, whipping |
| Main Entry: | thresh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat |
Synonyms: |
assail, assault, bang*, bash*, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, box*, break*, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout*, club*, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit*, knock*, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch*, punish, rain blows on, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack*, smash, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Notes: | trash means to beat, defeat, or move violently; thresh means to separate seeds of grain from husks by beating |
| Main Entry: | thresh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrash |
Synonyms: |
batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush, defeat, flagellate, flail, flog, jerk*, kill*, lambaste*, lick*, maul, murder, overwhelm, paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish, rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir*, strike, surge, tan, tan one's hide, toss, toss and turn, trash*, trim, trounce, wallop, wax, whip, work over, writhe |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
Synonyms: |
bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | farming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | producing crops, raising animals |
Synonyms: |
agriculture, agronomics, agronomy, breeding, crop-raising, cultivation, culture, feeding, fertilizing, gardening, geoponics, gleaning, grazing, growing, harvesting, homesteading, hydroponics, landscaping, operating, production, ranching, reaping, seeding, share-cropping, soil culture, threshing, tillage |
| Main Entry: | flap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flutter |
Synonyms: |
agitate, beat, dangle, flail, flash, flop, hang, lop, shake, swing, swish, thrash, thresh, vibrate, wag, wave |
| Main Entry: | thrash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flail about; beat |
Synonyms: |
batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush, defeat, flagellate, flog, jerk, kill, lambaste*, lick, maul, murder, overwhelm, paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish, rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir, strike, surge, tan, tan one's hide, thresh, toss, toss and turn, trash, trim, trounce, wallop, wax, whip, work over, writhe |
| Notes: | trash means to beat, defeat, or move violently; thresh means to separate seeds of grain from husks by beating |
Antonyms: |
be still |
| Main Entry: | writhe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contort; toss back and forth |
Synonyms: |
agonize, bend, distort, jerk, recoil, squirm, struggle, suffer, thrash, thresh, twist, wiggle, wince, worm, wriggle |
Antonyms: |
be still |