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THROE
throe
(noun) severe spasm of pain; “the throes of dying”; “the throes of childbirth”
throe
(noun) hard or painful trouble or struggle; “a country in the throes of economic collapse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
throe (plural throes)
A pang, spasm.
(usually plural) A hard struggle.
A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Synonyms
• See also agony
• See also pain
Verb
throe (third-person singular simple present throes, present participle throeing, simple past and past participle throed)
(transitive) To put in agony.
(intransitive) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Anagrams
• Rothe, heort-, hetro, other, rothe, thero-, threo-
Source: Wiktionary
Throe, n. Etym: [OE. , , AS. a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. to suffer.]
1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. Milton.
2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Throe, v. i.
Definition: To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Throe, v. t.
Definition: To put in agony. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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