threshed

Meanings

• Verb

  The process of separating grains from the stalks and husks using a threshing machine.

  - "After the harvest, the farmers threshed the wheat to prepare it for storage and milling."
  - "The threshing process was laborious and time-consuming before the invention of threshing machines."

• Verb

  To separate or remove something systematically or thoroughly.

  - "After the debate, the politicians threshed out the details of the proposed legislation."
  - "The detective threshed through the evidence to find the crucial piece of information."

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Synonyms

thrash

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with threshed
meshed , reshaped , wresh , whedged

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Variants

List of all variants of threshed that leads to same result
thresh , threshed , threshes , threshing

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to trample underfoot' in Old English.

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Trivia

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1. Threshing was once done manually using flails, which were long poles with heavy wooden heads attached.

2. The first threshing machines were invented in the late 1700s.

3. Threshing is still done manually in some parts of the world using traditional methods.

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Related Concepts

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1. Threshing machine: A machine used to separate grains from the stalks and husks during the threshing process.

2. Harvest: The act of gathering in a crop or the crops themselves after they have been ripe.

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Culture

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Threshing has been an essential part of agriculture since ancient times. In many cultures, it is a communal activity that brings people together.

How to Memorize "threshed"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a threshing machine separating grains from stalks and husks.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'threshed' with the image of a barn filled with freshly harvested grain.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Think of the phrase 'threshed' as 'tread' + 'sheaves', where 'sheaves' are bundles of grain.

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