Standard Lemma guide

thresher

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

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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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Meaning relationships

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

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
  • Volapük: cepan — anything or anyone that threshes
  • Catalan: trill — hand tool
  • Dutch: vlegel — hand tool
  • Finnish: varsta — hand tool
  • French: fléau — hand tool
  • German: Dreschflegel — hand tool
  • German: Flegel — hand tool
  • Polish: młocarka — hand tool
  • Russian: цеп (cep) — hand tool
  • Unami: pèhpaitehikàn — hand tool
  • Armenian: կալսիչ (kalsičʻ) — farm machine
  • Azerbaijani: taxıldöyən — farm machine
  • Belarusian: малатарня (malatarnja) — farm machine
  • Breton: dornerez — farm machine
  • Bulgarian: върша́чка (vǎršáčka) — farm machine
  • Catalan: ventadora — farm machine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脱粒机 (tuōlìjī) — farm machine
  • Czech: mlátička — farm machine
  • Danish: tærskeværk — farm machine
  • Dutch: dorsmachine — farm machine
  • Esperanto: draŝmaŝino — farm machine
  • Finnish: puimuri — farm machine
  • Finnish: puimakone — farm machine
  • French: batteuse — farm machine
  • West-Frisian: terskmasine — farm machine
  • German: Dreschmaschine — farm machine
  • Greek: αλωνιστική μηχανή (alonistikí michaní) — farm machine
  • Hungarian: cséplőgép — farm machine
  • Ido: drash-mashino — farm machine
  • Indonesian: mesin perontok — farm machine
  • Irish: inneall buailte — farm machine
  • Irish: buailteoir — farm machine
  • Italian: trebbiatrice — farm machine
  • Japanese: 脱穀機 (dakkokki) — farm machine
  • Kashubian: draszmaszina — farm machine
  • Korean: 탈곡기 (talgokgi) — farm machine
  • Northern Kurdish: patoz — farm machine
  • Latvian: kuļmašīna — farm machine
  • Lithuanian: kuliamoji — farm machine
  • Low German: Döschmaschin — farm machine
  • Luxembourgish: Dreschmaschinn — farm machine
  • Macedonian: вр́шачка (vŕšačka) — farm machine
  • Macedonian: вр́шалка (vŕšalka) — farm machine
  • Malayalam: മെതിയന്ത്രം (metiyantraṁ) — farm machine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: treskeverk — farm machine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: treskeverk — farm machine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: treskjeverk — farm machine
  • Occitan: batedoira — farm machine
  • Polish: młocarnia — farm machine
  • Polish: młockarnia — farm machine
  • Polish: młocarka — farm machine
  • Portuguese: debulhador — farm machine
  • Russian: молоти́лка (molotílka) — farm machine
  • Scottish Gaelic: inneal-bualaidh — farm machine
  • Slovak: mláťačka — farm machine
  • Slovene: mlatilnica — farm machine
  • Lower Sorbian: młośenica — farm machine
  • Lower Sorbian: młośawa — farm machine
  • Upper Sorbian: młóćawa — farm machine
  • Spanish: trilladora — farm machine
  • Spanish: aventadora — farm machine
  • Spanish: beldadora — farm machine
  • Swedish: tröskverk — farm machine
  • Turkish: patoz — farm machine
  • Ukrainian: молотарка (molotarka) — farm machine
  • Unami: pèhpaitehikàn — farm machine
  • Uzbek: молотилка (molotilka) — farm machine
  • Uzbek: molotilka — farm machine
  • Volapük: cepacin — farm machine
  • Welsh: dyrnwr — farm machine