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# thrash

verb (thrash, thrashes, thrashed, thrashing); noun (a thrash — informal)

«thrash» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To thrash is to move arms, legs or body around wildly and violently, like a fish thrashing on a hook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#m1)
2. To thrash a team is to beat them easily by a lot (informal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#m2)
3. To thrash someone is to beat or hit them very hard many times, which is cruel and wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#m3)
4. «Thrash out» means to talk about a problem until you solve it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#m4)

### In the lessons

In sports talk, «We thrashed them 6-0» means we won by a lot. In swimming and water safety, a person thrashing in water may be drowning: shout for a lifeguard and throw something that floats rather than jumping in. In stories, a trapped animal or a monster thrashes about. In history, children were once thrashed at school; today hitting children is wrong.

### Examples

- The fish thrashed about on the riverbank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#x1)
- Our team thrashed theirs 7 to 1. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#x2)
- The baby thrashed her arms and legs in the bath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#x3)
- Someone thrashing in deep water may need help — call a lifeguard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#x4)
- The crocodile thrashed its tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#x5)
- The class thrashed out the rules for the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#x6)
- The wind made the branches thrash against the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: «thrashed»; third person «thrashes». «Thrash» (move wildly, beat) is different from «thresh» (separate grain from wheat) and «trash» (rubbish). In sports scores, «thrashed» means a big difference between the scores.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thrash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrash/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thrash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thrash.html) on Mova free.