vverb.motionmove or stir about violentlySynset:convulse jactitate slash thrash thrash about thresh about toss
Examples:- The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
Derivationally Related Form:tossthrashjactitation
Hypernyms:agitate shake
Inherited Hypernyms:convulseshakemove
Direct Hyponyms:whip
Full Troponyms:whip
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.motionmove like a flail; thresh aboutSynset:flail
Hypernyms:beat flap
Inherited Hypernyms:flailbeatmove
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.contactbeat the seeds out of a grainTopic:agriculturefarminghusbandry
Synset:thrash
Derivationally Related Form:threshingthrasherthresher
Hypernyms:beat
Inherited Hypernyms:thrashbeatstriketouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The fighter managed to --- his opponent (apply to: thresh)
vverb.contactgive a thrashing to; beat hardSynset:flail lam thrash
Derivationally Related Form:thrashingflail
Hypernyms:beat beat up work over
Inherited Hypernyms:thrashbeat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: thrash, thresh, flail, lam)