malhar — meaning in English
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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.
- maul noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
- 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
malhar is used for these senses in English:
- flail (transitive) To thresh.
- maul (usually of an animal) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
- maul (figuratively) To criticise harshly.
- 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.
- work out (transitive) To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.
flail — full definition
- noun An old farming tool with a short swinging stick attached to a handle, used to beat grain loose from its husks.
- noun A weapon with a heavy striking head joined to the handle by a chain or flexible link.
- verb To wave or swing about wildly and without control.
maul — full definition
- noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
- verb To injure someone badly by tearing at them, typically said of an animal attack.
- verb To handle roughly or criticise harshly.
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