puida — meaning in English

English meaning

• flail noun An old farming tool with a short swinging stick attached to a handle, used to beat grain loose from its husks.
• husk noun The dry outer covering of certain fruits, seeds, or vegetables, such as corn.
• thresh verb To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.

Senses

puida is used for these senses in English:

• flail (transitive) To wave or swing vigorously
• flail (transitive) To thresh.
• husk (transitive) To remove husks from.
• thresh (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.

flail — full definition

1. noun An old farming tool with a short swinging stick attached to a handle, used to beat grain loose from its husks.
2. noun A weapon with a heavy striking head joined to the handle by a chain or flexible link.
3. verb To wave or swing about wildly and without control.

husk — full definition

1. noun The dry outer covering of certain fruits, seeds, or vegetables, such as corn.
2. noun Any dried-up, hollow, or worthless outer shell of something.
3. verb To remove the husk from something.

Related Finnish words