Threshed: meaning, definitions and examples
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threshed
[ θrɛʃt ]
agriculture, processing
Threshed refers to the agricultural process of separating grain from the stalks and husks. This involves mechanically or manually beating the plants to remove the edible part, allowing it to be collected for processing. Threshing is a critical step in the harvest to ensure that crops are ready for storage or further milling. The term can also metaphorically mean to defeat someone decisively.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- The farmers threshed the wheat after the harvest.
- In the old days, they threshed barley using traditional methods.
- The threshed grains were stored in silos for the winter.
Translations
Translations of the word "threshed" in other languages:
🇵🇹 debulhado
🇮🇳 थ्रेश किया हुआ
🇩🇪 gedroschen
🇮🇩 dihasilkan
🇺🇦 вимолочений
🇵🇱 wymłócony
🇯🇵 脱穀された
🇫🇷 franchi
🇪🇸 trillado
🇹🇷 biçilen
🇰🇷 탈곡된
🇸🇦 مُحَصَّل
🇨🇿 zbavený
🇸🇰 vymelčený
🇨🇳 脱粒的
🇸🇮 odstranjen
🇮🇸 þurrkaður
🇰🇿 шабылданған
🇬🇪 გადამუშავებული
🇦🇿 döyülmüş
🇲🇽 desgranado
Word origin
The word 'thresh' derives from the Old English term 'þrescan', which means to beat or to separate, related to similar words in other Germanic languages, including Dutch 'dorschen' (to thresh) and German 'dreschen'. The original sense of threshing referred to the physical action of beating the harvested crop to separate the seeds and grains from the chaff. This process has been central to agriculture for millennia, and as farming techniques evolved, so did the methods of threshing, from manual tools like flails to the modern combine harvester. The word has also maintained its literal meaning in the agricultural context while adopting broader applications in language, creating idiomatic expressions that connote beating or overcoming.