Dictionary entry details
• THRASH (noun)
Meaning:
A swimming kick used while treading water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("thrash" is a kind of...):
swimming kick (a movement of the legs in swimming)
Holonyms ("thrash" is a part of...):
treading water (a stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms)
• THRASH (verb)
Meaning:
Give a thrashing to; beat hard
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
flail; thrash; lam; thresh
Hypernyms (to "thrash" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to thrash the prisoners
Meaning:
Move or stir about violently
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
thresh about; thresh; thrash about; jactitate; thrash; convulse; toss; slash
Context example:
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
Hypernyms (to "thrash" is one way to...):
agitate; shake (move or cause to move back and forth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrash"):
whip (thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Dance the slam dance
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
mosh; slam dance; slam; thrash
Hypernyms (to "thrash" is one way to...):
dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue thrash
Meaning:
Beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "thrash" is one way to...):
beat; pound; thump (move rhythmically)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The system is thrashing again!
Hypernyms (to "thrash" is one way to...):
swap (move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Beat the seeds out of a grain
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
thresh; thrash
Hypernyms (to "thrash" is one way to...):
beat (hit repeatedly)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
drub; lick; clobber; cream; bat; thrash
Context example:
We licked the other team on Sunday!
Hypernyms (to "thrash" is one way to...):
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to thrash his opponent
