1. past tense and past participle of thresh; separated grain from wheat, rice, or other cereal plants by beating
Usage: agricultural

Examples

• The farmers threshed the wheat by hand using wooden flails.
• After the harvest, the grain was threshed and stored in the barn.
• They threshed the rice to separate the grains from the stalks.
• The wheat was threshed using traditional methods passed down through generations.
• Once the barley was threshed, it was ready for milling.
• The workers threshed the oats in the field before the rain came.