Past tense of thresh
regular verb
The past tense of thresh is threshed. The past participle is also threshed.
Forms of thresh
| Base form (V1) | thresh /θɹɛʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | threshed |
| Past participle (V3) | threshed |
| Present participle | threshing |
| Third person singular | threshes |
Threshed in a sentence
- The burning, pungent scent of newly threshed wheat and a chaffy dust enveloped the village.1940, Mikhail Sholokhov, chapter 6, in Stephen Garry, transl., The Don Flows Home to the Sea, section 1, pages 44-45. From the entry chaffy
- But oftener it is thought to live so long as there is corn still unthreshed, and to be caught in the last sheaf threshed.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 271. From the entry unthreshed
Meaning of 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.
- verb To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.
- verb To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
Questions about the past tense of thresh
- What is the past tense of thresh?
- The past tense of thresh is threshed.
- What is the past participle of thresh?
- The past participle of thresh is threshed.
- Is thresh a regular or irregular verb?
- Thresh is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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