dreschen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- clobber verb To hit or defeat someone or something forcefully and decisively.
- cornhusking noun The act of stripping the outer covering off maize.
- curry noun A dish, originally from South Asian cooking, made with a spiced sauce.
- flail noun An old farming tool with a short swinging stick attached to a handle, used to beat grain loose from its husks.
- thrash verb To beat someone severely, or to defeat an opponent decisively.
- thresh verb To beat crops so the grain comes away from the straw or husks, using a flail, machinery, or animals driven over them.
Senses
dreschen is used for these senses in English:
- clobber (transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
- cornhusking The removal of the husk from corn (maize).
- curry (transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.
- flail (transitive) To thresh.
- thrash To beat mercilessly.
- 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.
clobber — full definition
- verb To hit or defeat someone or something forcefully and decisively.
- verb To overwrite data unintentionally, especially in computing.
- noun British informal term for clothing or belongings.
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