throe

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /θɹəʊ/

Noun

throe (plural throes)

1. A pang, spasm.

   • Which gave the sons of England birth
     Had felt their blood upon her brow,
     And shuddering with a mother's throe
     Had turned every drop of blood
     By which her face had been bedewed
     To an accent unwithstood, —
     As if her heart had cried aloud: [...]

2. (usually plural) A hard struggle.
3. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:agony
• See also Thesaurus:pain

Translations

• French: agonie
• German: Wehen, Agonie, Krampf
• Russian: предсмертный
• Spanish: agonía

Verb

throe (throes, present participle throeing; past and past participle throed)

1. (transitive) To put in agony.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1

     Sebastian:      Prithee, say on:
     The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim
     A matter from thee, and a birth, indeed
     Which throes thee much to yield.

2. (intransitive) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

Translations

• Russian: вызыва́ть агония

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