thresh
verb /θreʃ/
/θreʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they thresh | /θreʃ/ /θreʃ/ |
| he / she / it threshes | /ˈθreʃɪz/ /ˈθreʃɪz/ |
| past simple threshed | /θreʃt/ /θreʃt/ |
| past participle threshed | /θreʃt/ /θreʃt/ |
| -ing form threshing | /ˈθreʃɪŋ/ /ˈθreʃɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] thresh something to separate grains of rice, wheat, etc. from the rest of the plant using a machine or, especially in the past, by hitting it with a special toolCollocations FarmingFarmingGrowing food and raising animalsTopics Farmingc2
- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
- [intransitive, transitive] thresh (something) to move or make something move in a way that is violent or shows a loss of control synonym thrash
Word OriginOld English therscan, later threscan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dorsen and German dreschen. Compare with thrash.