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thorn
1[ thawrn ]
noun
- a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- any of various thorny shrubs or trees, especially the hawthorns belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family.
- the wood of any of these trees.
- a runic character (þ), borrowed into the Latin alphabet and representing the initial th sounds in thin and they in Old English, or thin in modern Icelandic.
- something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort.
verb (used with object)
- to prick with a thorn; vex.
Thorn
2[ tawrn ]
noun
- German name of մǰń.
Thorn
1/ ٴː /
noun
- the German name for մǰń
thorn
2/ θɔː /
noun
- a sharp pointed woody extension of a stem or leaf Compare prickle
- any of various trees or shrubs having thorns, esp the hawthorn
- the wood of any of these plants
- short for thorn moth
- a Germanic character of runic origin Þ used in Old and Modern Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative sound of th, as in thin, bath. Its use in phonetics for the same purpose is now obsolete See theta
- this same character as used in Old and Middle English as an alternative to edh, but indistinguishable from it in function or sound Compare edh
- zoology any of various sharp spiny parts
- a source of irritation (esp in the phrases a thorn in one's side or flesh )
thorn
/ ٳô /
- A short, hard, pointed part of a stem or branch of a woody plant.
- Compare spine
Derived Forms
- ˈٳǰԱ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ٳǰl adjective
- ٳǰl adjective
- ܲ·ٳǰ verb (used with object)
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of thorn1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of thorn1
Idioms and Phrases
- thorn in one's side / flesh, a source of continual irritation or suffering:
That child is a thorn in the teacher's side.
Example Sentences
Leave the thorn, Pleasure utters in lament, take the rose.
Across three series of the BAFTA-winning Tribe, viewers have seen Parry taking the psychedelic drug ayahuasca, having his nose pierced with a thorn and taking part in numerous rituals.
"My feet had begun to feel like lead. My toenails were cracked, and the palms of my hands were peeled off and had thorns in them. Still, we were lucky we didn't encounter any robbers."
A thorn in the side of Russian intelligence services, he was observed in Bulgaria meeting with an arms trader who had been the victim of an assassination attempt Grozev linked to the Russian state.
The Kentucky politician developed a reputation as a wily tactitian and perpetual thorn in the side of Democrats.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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