English-Thai Dictionary

throe

N อาการ ปวด เกร็ง  pain ar-kan-puad-krang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THROE

n.Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony. It is particularly applied to the anguish of travail in child-birth. My throes came thicker, and my cries increas'd.

 

THROE

v.i.To agonize; to struggle in extreme pain.

 

THROE

v.t.To put in agony.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THROE

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

THROE Throe, v. i.

 

Defn: To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

 

THROE

THROE Throe, v. t.

 

Defn: To put in agony. [R.] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

throes

throes |THrōz θroʊz | ▶plural noun intense or violent pain and struggle, esp. accompanying birth, death, or great change: he convulsed in his death throes . PHRASES in the throes of in the middle of doing or dealing with something very difficult or painful: a friend was in the throes of a divorce. ORIGIN Middle English throwe (singular ); perhaps related to Old English thrēa, thrawu ‘calamity, ’ influenced by thrōwian ‘suffer. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

throes

throes |θrəʊz | ▶plural noun intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change: he convulsed in his death throes . PHRASES in the throes of in the middle of doing or dealing with something very difficult or painful: a friend was in the throes of a divorce. ORIGIN Middle English throwe (singular ); perhaps related to Old English thrēa, thrawu ‘calamity ’, influenced by thrōwian ‘suffer ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

throes

throes plural noun the throes of childbirth: agony, pain, pangs, spasms, torment, suffering, torture; literary travail. PHRASES in the throes of we're in the throes of hurricane preparations: in the middle of, in the process of, in the midst of, busy with, occupied with, taken up with /by, involved in, dealing with; struggling with, wrestling with, grappling with.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

throes

throes plural noun the throes of childbirth: agony, pain, paroxysm, pangs, suffering, torture, torment, anguish, distress, hardship, struggle; archaic travail; rare excruciation. PHRASES in the throes of she was in the throes of her by-election campaign: struggling with, wrestling with, grappling with, tackling, toiling at /with, labouring at, slaving at, working at /on; having to cope with, enduring, living with, weathering, braving, facing, confronting; in the middle of, in the process of, in the course of, in the midst of, busy with, occupied in /with, taken up with /by, employed in, involved in, participating in, taking part in, absorbed in, engrossed in, immersed in, preoccupied with, carrying on, conducting, pursuing, following, practising.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

throe

throe /θroʊ /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠〖通例 ～s 〗激しい (断末魔の )痛み [苦しみ ]; 陣痛 ; もがき, 悪戦苦闘 .