Definition of throe Throe

throe

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: throes

throe - severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth"
throe - hard or painful trouble or struggle; "a country in the throes of economic collapse"
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  • throe (Noun)
    A pang, spasm.
  • throe (Noun)
    A hard struggle.
  • throe (Verb)
    To put in agony.
  • throe (Verb)
    To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • throe (n.)
    Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
  • throe (n.)
    A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
  • throe (v. i.)
    To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
  • throe (v. t.)
    To put in agony.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • throe
    thrō, n. suffering, pain: agony: the pains of childbirth.—v.i. to be in agony.—v.t. to put in agony. [A.S. threá, threáw, suffering—threówan, to suffer.]

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