English-Thai Dictionary
thorn
N พืช มี หนาม พืช ไม้ หนาม phud-me-nam
thorn
N หนาม barb spine nam
thorn
N อุปสรรค ขวากหนาม ความยุ่งเหยิง สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ ยุ่งยาก u-pa-sak
thorn apple
N ต้นไม้ช นิดหนึ่ง ต้น ลำโพง ton-mai-cha-nid-nuang
thornback
N ปลา พวก Raja clavata เป็น พวก กระเบน มี หนาม ที่ หลัง และ หาง
thorny
ADJ มี หนาม มาก เต็มไปด้วย หนาม barbed spiny stinging me-nam-mak
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
THORN
n. 1. A tree or shrub armed with spines or sharp ligneous shoots; as the black thorn; white thorn, etc. The word is sometimes applied to a bush with prickles; as a rose on a thorn.
2. A sharp ligneous or woody shoot from the stem of a tree or shrub; a sharp process from the woody part of a plant; a spine. Thorn differs from prickle; the latter being applied to the sharp points issuing from the bark of a plant and not attached to the wood, as in the rose and bramble. But in common usage, thorn is applied to the prickle of the rose, and in fact the two words are used promiscuously.
3. Any thing troublesome. St. Paul had a thorn in the flesh. 2 Corinthians 12:7; Numbers 33:55.
4. In Scripture, great difficulties and impediments.
I will hedge up thy way with thorns. Hosea 2:6.
5. Worldly cares; things which prevent the growth of good principles. Matthew 13:22.
THORN-APPLE
n.[thorn and apple. ] A plant of the genus Datura; a popular name of the Datura Stramonium, or apple of Peru.
THORN-BACK
n.[thorn and back. ] A fish of the ray kind, which has prickles on its back.
THORN-BUSH
n.A shrub that produces thorns.
THORN-BUT
n.A fish, a but or turbot.
THORN-HEDGE
n.[thorn and hedge. ] A hedge or fence consisting of thorn.
THORNLESS
a.Destitute of thorns; as a thornless shrub or tree.
THORNY
a.Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; as a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny diadem or crown. 1. Troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing; as thorny care; the thorny path of vice.
2. Sharp; pricking; vexatious; as thorny points.
THORNY REST-HARROW
n.A plant.
THORNY-TREFOIL
n.A plant of the genus Fagonia.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
THORN
Thorn, n. Etym: [AS. þorn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn, D. doorn, G.dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. törne, Icel. þorn, Goth. þaúrnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. trsnsa grass, blade of grass. *53.]
1. A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
3. Fig. : That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care. There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me. 2 Cor. xii. 7.The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, Be only mine. Southern.
4. The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine. Thorn apple (Bot. ), Jamestown weed. -- Thorn broom (Bot. ), a shrub that produces thorns. -- Thorn hedge, a hedge of thorn-bearing trees or bushes. -- Thorn devil. (Zoöl.) See Moloch, 2. -- Thorn hopper (Zoöl.), a tree hopper (Thelia cratægi ) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree, and allied trees.
THORN
THORN Thorn, v. t.
Defn: To prick, as with a thorn. [Poetic ] I am the only rose of all the stock That never thorn'd him. Tennyson.
THORNBACK
THORNBACK Thorn "back `, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A European skate (Raia clavata ) having thornlike spines on its back.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado ).
THORNBILL
THORNBILL Thorn "bill `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.
THORNBIRD
THORNBIRD Thorn "bird `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii ) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius ). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.
THORNBUT
Thorn "but, n. Etym: [Thorn + -but as in halibut; cf. G. dornbutt.](Zoöl.)
Defn: The turbot.
THORN-HEADED
THORN-HEADED Thorn "-head `ed, a.
Defn: Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm (Zoöl.), any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.
THORNLESS
THORNLESS Thorn "less, a.
Defn: Destitute of, or free from, thorns.
THORNSET
THORNSET Thorn "set `, a.
Defn: Set with thorns. Dyer.
THORNTAIL
THORNTAIL Thorn "tail `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii ), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.
THORNY
Thorn "y, a. [Compar. Thornier; superl. Thorniest.] Etym: [Cf. AS. þorniht.]
1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of bare distress. " Shak. The steep and thorny way to heaven. Shak. Thorny rest-harrow (Bot. ), rest-harrow. -- Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (F. Cretica, etc. ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
Thorn
Thorn |tôrn tɔrn | German name for Toruń.
thorn
thorn |THôrn θɔrn | ▶noun 1 a stiff, sharp-pointed, straight or curved woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant. • a source of discomfort, annoyance, or difficulty; an irritation or an obstacle: the issue has become a thorn in renewing the peace talks. See also a thorn in someone's side below. 2 (also thorn bush or thorn tree ) a thorny bush, shrub, or tree, esp. a hawthorn. 3 an Old English and Icelandic runic letter, Þ or þ, representing the dental fricatives |T͟H | and |TH |. In English it was eventually superseded by the digraph th . Compare with eth. [so named from the word of which it was the first letter. ] PHRASES there is no rose without a thorn proverb every apparently desirable situation has its share of trouble or difficulty. a thorn in someone's side (or flesh ) a source of continual annoyance or trouble: the pastor has long been a thorn in the side of the regime. DERIVATIVES thorn less adjective thorn ( sense 1 ), thorn proof |-ˌpro͞of |adjective thorn ( sense 1 ) ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doorn and German Dorn .
thorn apple
thorn ap ple ▶noun chiefly Brit. another term for jimson weed.
thornback
thorn back |ˈTHôrnˌbak ˈθɔrnbæk |(also thornback ray ) ▶noun a ray of shallow inshore waters that has spines on the back and tail, in particular: [● a prickly skinned European ray that is often eaten as “skate ” (Raja clavata, family Rajidae ). ● a ray that lives in the warm waters of the Pacific (Platyrhinoidis triseriata, family Platyrhinidae ).]
thornbill
thorn |bill |ˈθɔːnbɪl | ▶noun 1 a small Australian warbler with drab plumage and a pointed bill. ●Genus Acanthiza, family Acanthizidae: several species. 2 a tropical American hummingbird with a short, sharply pointed bill. ●Family Trochilidae: three genera, in particular Chalcostigma, and several species.
Thorndike, Dame Sybil
Thorn |dike |ˈθɔːndʌɪk | (1882 –1976 ), English actress; full name Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike. She played the title part in the first London production of George Bernard Shaw's St Joan (1924 ).
thorntail
thorn |tail |ˈθɔːnteɪl | ▶noun a tropical American hummingbird with bright green plumage and projecting outer tail feathers. ●Genus Popelairia, family Trochilidae: four species.
Thornton
Thorn ton |ˈTHôrntn ˈθɔrntn | a city in north central Colorado, just northeast of Denver; pop. 113,429 (est. 2008 ).
thornveld
thornveld |ˈθɔːnvɛlt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] S. African land on which the vegetation consists mainly of thorny trees and bushes. ORIGIN from thorn + Afrikaans veld (see veld ).
thorny
thorn y |ˈTHôrnē ˈθɔrni | ▶adjective ( thornier, thorniest ) having many thorns or thorn bushes. • causing distress, difficulty, or trouble: a thorny problem for our team to solve. DERIVATIVES thorn i ly |-nəlē |adverb, thorn i ness noun
thorny-headed worm
thorn y-head ed worm ▶noun a parasitic worm with a thornlike proboscis for attachment to the gut of vertebrates. [Phylum Acanthocephala. ]
thorny oyster
thorn y oys ter ▶noun a bivalve mollusk of warm seas, whose pinkish-brown shell is heavily ribbed and bears blunt or flattened spines. [Family Spondylidae: Spondylus and other genera. ]
Oxford Dictionary
Thorn
Thorn |təɔːɐn | German name for Toruń.
thorn
thorn |θɔːn | ▶noun 1 a stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant. • a source of discomfort, annoyance, or difficulty; an irritation or obstacle: the issue has become a thorn in renewing the peace talks. 2 (also thorn bush or thorn tree ) a thorny bush, shrub, or tree, especially a hawthorn. 3 an Old English and Icelandic runic letter, þ or Þ, representing the dental fricatives |ð | and |θ |. It was eventually superseded by the digraph th . Compare with eth. [so named from the word of which it was the first letter. ] 4 a yellowish-brown woodland moth which rests with the wings raised over the back, with twig-like caterpillars. ●Ennomos and other genera, family Geometridae. PHRASES there is no rose without a thorn proverb every apparently desirable situation has its share of trouble or difficulty. a thorn in someone's side (or flesh ) a source of continual annoyance or trouble: the pastor has long been a thorn in the side of the regime. DERIVATIVES thorned adjective, thornless adjective, thornlike adjective, thornproof adjective ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doorn and German Dorn .
thorn apple
thorn apple ▶noun a poisonous datura with large trumpet-shaped white flowers and toothed leaves, which has become a weed of waste ground in many countries. Also called jimson weed in North America. ●Datura stramonium, family Solanaceae. • the prickly fruit of the thorn apple, which resembles that of a horse chestnut.
thornback
thornback |ˈθɔːnbak |(also thornback ray ) ▶noun a ray of shallow inshore waters which has spines on the back and tail, in particular: ● a prickly-skinned European ray which is often eaten as ‘skate ’ (Raja clavata, family Rajidae ). ● a ray which lives in the warm waters of the Pacific (Platyrhinoidis triseriata, family Platyrhinidae ).
thornbill
thorn |bill |ˈθɔːnbɪl | ▶noun 1 a small Australian warbler with drab plumage and a pointed bill. ●Genus Acanthiza, family Acanthizidae: several species. 2 a tropical American hummingbird with a short, sharply pointed bill. ●Family Trochilidae: three genera, in particular Chalcostigma, and several species.
Thorndike, Dame Sybil
Thorn |dike |ˈθɔːndʌɪk | (1882 –1976 ), English actress; full name Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike. She played the title part in the first London production of George Bernard Shaw's St Joan (1924 ).
thorntail
thorn |tail |ˈθɔːnteɪl | ▶noun a tropical American hummingbird with bright green plumage and projecting outer tail feathers. ●Genus Popelairia, family Trochilidae: four species.
Thornton
Thorn ton |ˈTHôrntn ˈθɔrntn | a city in north central Colorado, just northeast of Denver; pop. 113,429 (est. 2008 ).
thornveld
thornveld |ˈθɔːnvɛlt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] S. African land on which the vegetation consists mainly of thorny trees and bushes. ORIGIN from thorn + Afrikaans veld (see veld ).
thorny
thorny |ˈθɔːni | ▶adjective ( thornier, thorniest ) 1 having many thorns or thorn bushes. 2 causing distress, difficulty, or trouble: a thorny problem for our team to solve. DERIVATIVES thornily adverb, thorniness noun
thorny devil
thorny devil ▶noun another term for moloch.
thorny-headed worm
thorny-headed worm ▶noun a parasitic worm with a thornlike proboscis for attachment to the gut of vertebrates. Also called spiny-headed worm. ●Phylum Acanthocephala.
thorny oyster
thorny oys ¦ter ▶noun a bivalve mollusc of warm seas, the pinkish-brown shell of which is heavily ribbed and bears blunt or flattened spines. ●Family Spondylidae: Spondylus and other genera.
American Oxford Thesaurus
thorn
thorn noun a thorn in her finger: prickle, spike, barb, spine.
thorny
thorny adjective 1 dense thorny undergrowth: prickly, spiky, barbed, spiny, sharp; technical spinose, spinous. 2 the thorny subject of confidentiality: problematic, tricky, ticklish, touchy, delicate, controversial, awkward, difficult, knotty, tough, taxing, trying, troublesome; complicated, complex, involved, intricate; vexed, sticky.
Oxford Thesaurus
thorn
thorn noun prickle, spike, barb, spine, bristle; technical spicule. PHRASES thorn in the flesh (or in someone's side ) he has become a thorn in the flesh of any establishment | you're an irritant, a thorn in his side, an embarrassment: annoyance, irritant, irritation, source of irritation, source of vexation, source of annoyance, pinprick, pest, bother, trial, torment, plague, inconvenience, nuisance, menace; informal aggravation, peeve, pain, pain in the neck, bind, bore, headache, hassle; Scottish informal nyaff, skelf; N. Amer. informal pain in the butt, nudnik, burr in /under someone's saddle; Austral. /NZ informal nark; Brit. vulgar slang pain in the arse.
thorny
thorny adjective 1 he had to scramble through dense thorny undergrowth: prickly, spiky, barbed, spiny, spined, bristly, briary, sharp, pointed; technical spinose, spinous. 2 the thorny subject of confidentiality: problematic, tricky, ticklish, delicate, controversial, awkward, prickly; difficult, knotty, tough, taxing, trying, troublesome, irksome, vexatious, bothersome, worrying, upsetting; complicated, complex, involved, convoluted, intricate, vexed; informal sticky; Brit. informal dodgy. ANTONYMS easy, uncomplicated.
Duden Dictionary
Thorn
Thorn Eigenname |Th o rn |polnisch Toruń
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
thorn
thorn /θɔː r n /名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C (植物の )とげ , 針 ▸ remove [take out ] a thorn from one's finger 指からとげを抜く 2 C U いばら ; とげのある植物 〘hawthornなど 〙.3 C 心配 [苦労 ]の種 ▸ a thorn in the side [flesh ] of the Japanese government 日本政府の悩みの種 ▸ He is a real thorn of my side .彼は本当に私の悩みの種だ ▸ a crown of thorns イバラの冠 ; 苦難 ▸ on thorns 絶えず不安で 4 C (古英語の )ソーン (の文字 ) 〘þ; 近代英語のthに相当 〙.動詞 他動詞 …をとげで突く ; …を悩ませる .～́ à pple 〘植 〙チョウセンアサガオ ; サンザシ (の実 )(haw ).
thorny
thorn y /θɔ́ː r ni /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 困難な, やっかいな 〈問題 争点など 〉.2 とげのある 〈植物 〉; とげの多い .th ó rn i ness 名詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary