молоти́ть — meaning in English
molotit
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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.
- hammer noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
- thrash verb To beat someone severely, or to defeat an opponent decisively.
- 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
молоти́ть is used for these senses in English:
- flail (transitive) To thresh.
- hammer To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- thrash To beat mercilessly.
- thrash (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
- 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
- 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.
hammer — full definition
- noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
- verb To strike something repeatedly, whether with an actual hammer, a fist, or figuratively with words.
- verb To defeat someone decisively, or to put heavy strain on a system.