| Verb | 1. | thresh - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" whip - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" | |
| 2. | thresh - move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"flap, beat - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" | |
| 3. | thresh - beat the seeds out of a grainbeat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" | |
| 4. | thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hardbeat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" | |