O man haue mind of that laſt bitter throw; / For as the tree does fall, ſo lyes it euer low.
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Throe
/θɹəʊ/
Synonyms for "throe" (11 found)
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6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesparoxysm of painspasm of painthroe of painthroes of crisisthroes of despairthroes of grief
Inflections
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1 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 10 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὠδῑ́ς noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܚܒܠܐ noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
Bulgarian
1 entries- спазъм noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
Dutch
1 entries- stuiptrekking noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
Finnish
1 entries- kouristus noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
French
1 entries- agonie noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
German
3 entries- Agonie noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
- Krampf noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
- Wehen noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
Russian
3 entries- му́ки noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
- предсме́ртная аго́ния noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
- спазм noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
Scots
1 entries- thraw noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
Spanish
2 entries- agonía noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
- dolor noun (severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
[Valerius] Cordus ſaith, that Iuncus bombicinus ſodden in wine, and ſo taken, helpeth the throwes and gripings of the bellie, that women haue in their childing.
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[M]ine own entrails did sustain / Moan for my daughter's yet unended throes, […]
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Penſive here I ſat / Alone, but long I ſat not, till my womb / Pregnant by thee, and now exceſſive grown / Prodigious motion felt and rueful throes.
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