Definition of "thresh" in English

verb

1. (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.

2. (transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.

3. (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.