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work over vs thresh

thresh vs work over

work over and thresh both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
work over No No Yes No
thresh No No Yes No
As verbs, thresh is a hyponym of work over; that is, thresh is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than work over:
  • work over: 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 work over 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.
work over (verb) thresh (verb)
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression give a thrashing to; beat hard
beat the seeds out of a grain
move or stir about violently
move like a flail; thresh about
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