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beat up vs thresh

thresh vs beat up

beat up and thresh both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
beat up No No Yes No
thresh No No Yes No
As verbs, thresh is a hyponym of beat up; that is, thresh is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beat up:
  • beat up: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  • thresh: give a thrashing to; beat hard
Other hyponyms of beat up include strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabor, belabour, rough up, flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip, cane, flog, lambast, lambaste, kayo, knock cold, knock out, flail, lam, thrash, baste, batter, clobber, larrup, paddle, spank.
beat up (verb) thresh (verb)
gather give a thrashing to; beat hard
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression beat the seeds out of a grain
move or stir about violently
move like a flail; thresh about
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