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1. The separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw
   "they used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it"

1. Move or stir about violently
   "The feverish patient threshed around in his bed";
   - convulse, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
    
2. Swing or move in a random unstable way
   "Her arms were threshing";
   - flail
    
3. (farming) beat the seeds out of a grain
   - thrash
    
4. Beat hard and repeatedly, esp. with a whip, cane, etc.
   - thrash, lam [informal], flail

Derived forms: threshings

Type of: agitate, beat, beat up, flap, separation, shake, work over

Encyclopedia: Threshing