threshing
- n the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw
they used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it - v move or stir about violently
- v move like a flail; thresh about
- v beat the seeds out of a grain
- v give a thrashing to; beat hard
- The grain now is ripening and he is the only one in these parts who can run a threshing machine.
- A flag flapped atop the stack and a government threshing machine stood behind it.
- It tells of David's purchase, for 50 shekels of silver, of a "threshing floor" on the mountain.