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Pronunciation : Thrash, Thresh
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. , , to beat, AS. , ; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tr?ska, Dan. t?rske, Goth. , Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. Thresh.]
Definition : 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer.

2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.

t. [imp. & p. p. Thrashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Thrash, Thresh
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently. I rather would be M?vius, thrash for rhymes, Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913