threshing

(noun) the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw. Example: "They used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it."

(verb) move or stir about violently. Synonyms: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate. Example: "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed."

(verb) move like a flail; thresh about. Synonyms: flail, thresh. Example: "Her arms were flailing."

(verb) beat the seeds out of a grain. Synonyms: thrash, thresh.

(verb) give a thrashing to; beat hard. Synonyms: thrash, thresh, lam, flail.