threshing

English

Etymology

From Middle English thresshyng; equivalent to thresh +‎ -ing.

Verb

threshing

1. present participle and gerund of thresh

Noun

threshing (plural threshings)

1. The process by which something is threshed.

Synonyms

• thrashing (colloquial)

Derived terms

• threshing board
• threshing floor
• threshing machine
• threshing roller
• threshing sled
• threshing sledge

 

Translations

process

• Arabic: دِيَاسَة (diyāsa)
• Bulgarian: вършитба f (vǎršitba)
• Dutch: dors (nl) m
• Esperanto: draŝado
• Finnish: puinti (fi)
• French: dépiquage (fr) m
• Galician: maza f, malla (gl) f
• Greek: αλώνισμα (el) n (alónisma)
• Italian: trebbiatura f
• Russian: молотьба́ (ru) f (molotʹbá), обмоло́т (ru) m (obmolót)
• Turkish: harman (tr)
• Ukrainian: молотьба (uk) f (molotʹba)

Further reading

• threshing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia