thrash vs. beat vs. thresh

Main Entry: thrash  [thrash] Show IPA

/θræʃ/ Show Spelled

Part of Speech: verb

Definition: flail about; beat

Synonyms: batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury,

cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush,

 defeat, flagellate, flog, jerk, kill, lambaste*, lick, maul, murder, overwhelm,

paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish,

rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir, strike, surge,

tan, tan one's hide, thresh, toss, toss and turn, trash, trim, trounce,

 wallop, wax, whip, work over, writhe

Notes: trash means to beat, defeat, or move violently; thresh means to separate seeds of grain from husks by beating

Antonyms: be still

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Main Entry: beat

Part of Speech: verb

Definition: injure by striking

Synonyms: bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet,

cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul,

pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap,

 slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash , thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip

Antonyms: aid, assist, guard, help, protect

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Main Entry: thresh  [thresh] Show IPA

/θrɛʃ/ Show Spelled

Part of Speech: verb

Definition: beat

Synonyms: assail, assault,

bang*, bash*, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, box*, break*, bruise, buffet,

 cane, castigate, clout*, club*, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit*, knock*, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul,

 pelt, pound, pummel, punch*, punish, rain blows on, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack*, smash, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip

Notes: trash means to beat, defeat, or move violently; thresh means to separate seeds of grain from husks by beating