What part of speech is threshing?

Threshing can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. threshing is a verb, gerund of thresh (infinitive).
  • 2. threshing is a noun, singular of threshings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does threshing mean?

Definitions

Verb

thresh - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
thresh - beat the seeds out of a grain
thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard
thresh - move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

Noun

threshing - the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw; "they used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it"

Examples of threshing

#   Sentence  
1. noun They used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it.
2. noun He acted as if she had ordered him to do the threshing.
3. verb My children are threshing wheat.
4. verb I am threshing wheat.
5. verb You are threshing wheat.
6. verb He is threshing wheat.
7. verb Tom is threshing wheat.
8. verb She is threshing wheat.
9. verb Mary is threshing wheat.
10. verb We are threshing wheat.
11. verb They are threshing wheat.
12. verb They're threshing barley.
13. verb If ploughing was a matter of gazing, anybody will thresh wheat.
Sentence  
noun
They used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it.
He acted as if she had ordered him to do the threshing.
verb
My children are threshing wheat.
I am threshing wheat.
You are threshing wheat.
He is threshing wheat.
Tom is threshing wheat.
She is threshing wheat.
Mary is threshing wheat.
We are threshing wheat.
They are threshing wheat.
They're threshing barley.
If ploughing was a matter of gazing, anybody will thresh wheat.

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