The Clue
Separate wheat from chaff (6 letter answer)
The Answer
THRESH
Tags
Notes
The answer THRESH is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Flail
Beat, as grain
Beat hard
Beat, as wheat
Separate seed
Use a flail
Separate the wheat from the chaff
What combines do
Separate grains from wheat, e.g.
Separate the seeds from
Do some farmwork
Do some post-harvesting work
Definition
THRESH as a verb:
1. (convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate) = move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
2. (flail, thresh) = move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
3. (thrash, thresh) = beat the seeds out of a grain
4. (thrash, thresh, lam, flail) = give a thrashing to; beat hard