thrash /ˈθræʃ/
(vt.)打,使逆行,勝過,推敲,鞭打,使顛簸(vi.)打穀,擊,顛簸,逆行打撲,劃水
Thrash Thresh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrashed p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.]
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.
Thrash, Thresh, v. t.
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 Maevius, thrash for rhymes,
Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. --Dryden.
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thrash
n : a swimming kick used while treading water
v 1: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: thresh, lam, flail]
2: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
about, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate]
3: dance the slam dance [syn: slam dance, slam, mosh]
4: beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until
(it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
5: move data into and out of core rather than performing useful
computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
6: beat the seeds out of a grain [syn: thresh]
7: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the
other team on Sunday!" [syn: bat, clobber, drub, lick]