Bit of racket in the silence indicating work on farm? (6)
I believe the answer is:
thresh
'work on farm?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'bit of racket in the silence' is the wordplay.
'bit of' suggests taking the first letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'silence' becomes 'sh' ('sh' is said to tell someone to be silent).
The initial letter of 'racket' is 'r'.
'r' placed inside 'the' is 'thre'.
'thre'+'sh'='THRESH'
'indicating' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thresh that I've seen before include "Beat grain or make violent movements" , "Beat out grain from husks of corn" , "Separate grain with flail" , "as one may having crop" , "Extract grain from husks" .)