name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɛʃə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:TH R EH1 SH ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Anything or anyone that threshes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of thresher shark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 6
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shark
7
noun
Meaning 7
a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thrasher, threshing machine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farm machine
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh1-der.? Proto-Germanic *þreskaną Old English þrescan Middle English threschen Middle English -er Middle English thresshere English thresher From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
trillaire
— anything or anyone that threshes
Finnish:
puimuri
— anything or anyone that threshes
Finnish:
puija
— anything or anyone that threshes
Greek:
αλωνιστής
(alonistís)
— anything or anyone that threshes
Italian:
trebbiatore
— anything or anyone that threshes
Polish:
młocarz
— anything or anyone that threshes
Polish:
młocarka
— anything or anyone that threshes
Turkish:
harmancı
— anything or anyone that threshes
Ottoman Turkish:
خرمانجی
(harmancı)
— anything or anyone that threshes