Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 36
Thring (v. t. & i.) To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Thrips (n.) (zool.) Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips ({Thrips cerealium).
Note: The term is also popularly applied to various other small injurious insects.
Thrips (n.) Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive [syn: thrips, thrip, thripid].
Thrisis (n.) 三十多歲的中年危機 Feelings of unhappiness, worry, and disappointment that some people experience when they are around 30 years old and that can sometimes lead them to make important changes in their life. (thirties + (mid-life) crisis).
Thrisis (n.) A midlife crisis that occurs to 30-somethings.
// When Paul joined match.com desperate for a family, Charlotte noticed that he was having a thrisis.
// After my brother broke up with his girlfriend, I noticed that he was having a thrisis.
Thrist (n.) Thrist.
Thrittene (a.) Thirteen.
Throve (imp.) of Thrive.
Thrived () of Thrive.
Thrived (p. p.) of Thrive.
Thriven () of Thrive.
Thriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrive.
Thrive (v. i.) To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.
Thrive (v. i.) To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.
Thrive (v. i.) To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.
Thrive (v.) [ I ] (thrived or US also throve, thrived or US also thriven) (C1) 茁壯成長；興旺，繁榮 To grow, develop, or be successful.
// His business thrived in the years before the war.
// She seems to thrive on stress.
Thriven () p. p. of Thrive.
Thriver (n.) One who thrives, or prospers.
Thrivingly (adv.) In a thriving manner.
Thrivingness (n.) The quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity; growth; increase.
Thro' () A contraction of Through.
Throat (n.) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
Throat (n.) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
Throat (n.) A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
Throat (n.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
Throat (n.) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
Throat (n.) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
Throat (n.) The inside of a timber knee.
Throat (n.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
Throat (v. t.) To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
Throat (v. t.) To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
Throatband (n.) Same as Throatlatch.
Throatboll (n.) The Adam's apple in the neck.
Throating (n.) A drip, or drip molding.
Throatlatch (n.) A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
Throatwort (n.) A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
Throaty (a.) Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice.
Throbbed (imp. & p. p.) of Throb.
Throbbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throb.
Throb (v. i.) To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
Throb (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:
Throdden (v. i.) To grow; to thrive.
Throe (n.) Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
Throe (n.) A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Throe (v. i.) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Throe (v. t.) To put in agony.
Thrombosis (n.) (Med.) 【醫】血栓形成 The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance. -- Throm*bot"ic, a.
Thrombosis (n.) The formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel.
Thrombi (n. pl. ) of Thrombus.
Thrombus (n.) (Med.)【醫】血栓 A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.
Thrombus (n.) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Thrombus (n.) A blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin.
Throne (n.) [C] 王座，御座；寶座；神座；王權，君權；王位 [the S] A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
The noble king is set up in his throne. -- Chaucer.
High on a throne of royal state. -- Milton.
Throne (n.) Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. -- Gen. xli. 40.
To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne. -- Tennyson.
Throne (n.) pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. -- Milton.
Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. -- Young.
Throne (n.) The chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.; "the king sat on his throne".
Throne (n.) A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: {toilet}, {can}, {commode}, {crapper}, {pot}, {potty}, {stool}, {throne}].
Throne (n.) The position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions.
Throne (v.) Sit on the throne as a ruler.
Throne (v.) Put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago" [syn: {enthrone}, {throne}] [ant: {dethrone}].
Throned (imp. & p. p.) of Throne.
Throning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throne.
Throne (v. t.) 使登王位（或寶座） To place on a royal seat; to enthrone. -- Shak.
Throne (v. t.) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
True image of the Father, whether throned In the bosom of bliss, and light of light. -- Milton.
Throne (v. i.) 登上王座（或寶座）；掌王權 To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne. -- Shak.
Throneless (a.) 無王權的 Having no throne.
Throng (n.) 人群；大群 [C] [G] [（+of）]； 群集，擁擠，壓力 [the S] [（+of）] A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
Throng (n.) A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
Syn: Throng, Multitude, Crowd.
Usage: Any great number of persons form a multitude; a throng is a large number of persons who are gathered or are moving together in a collective body; a crowd is composed of a large or small number of persons who press together so as to bring their bodies into immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed multitude; the throngs in the streets of a city; the crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these distinctions are not carefully observed.
So, with this bold opposer rushes on This many-headed monster, multitude. -- Daniel.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng. -- Milton.
I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp, From crowds that hide a monarch from himself. -- Johnson.
Thronged (imp. & p. p.) of Throng.
Thronging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throng.
Throng (v. i.) To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. -- Shak.
Throng (v. t.) 擠滿；湧入 To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
Much people followed him, and thronged him. -- Mark v. 24.
Throng (v. t.) To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street. -- Shak.
Throng (a.) Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Bp. Sanderson.
To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
Throng (n.) A large gathering of people [syn: multitude, throng, concourse].
Throng (v.) Press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile, jam].
Throngly (adv.) (not comparable) In throngs or crowds. [Obs.]
Throp (n.) A thorp.
Thropple (n.) The windpipe.
Thropple (v. t.) To throttle.
Throstle (n.) The song thrush. See under Song.
Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.
Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.
Throttle (n.) [C] 節流閥；節流圈；油門；風門；【罕】喉嚨，氣管 The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. -- Sir W. Scott.
Throttle (n.) (Steam Engine) The throttle valve.
Throttle lever (Steam Engine), The hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive.
Throttle valve (Steam Engine), A valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis.
Throttled (imp. & p. p.) of Throttle.
Throttling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throttle.
Throttle (v. t.) 掐住……的脖子，掐死；使窒息；扼殺，壓制；使節流，調節；使減速 [（+down）] To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. -- Milton.
Throttle (v. t.) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [R.]
Throttle their practiced accent in their fears. -- Shak.
Throttle (v. t.) To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
Throttle (v. i.) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
Throttle (v. i.) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
Throttle (n.) A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine [syn: accelerator, throttle, throttle valve].
Throttle (n.) A pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun].
Throttle (v.) Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle].
Throttle (v.) Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle].
Throttle (v.) Reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" [syn: choke, throttle].
Throttler (n.) One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
Throttler (n.) (Zool.) See Flasher, 3 (b). [Prov. Eng.]
Wariangle (n.) (Zool.) The red-backed shrike ({Lanius collurio); -- called also w["u]rger, worrier, and throttler. [Written also warriangle, weirangle, etc.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Wariangle (n. pl. Wariangles) (Britain, obsolete or dialectal) The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio).
Throttler (n.) Someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker].
Through (prep.) From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship.
Through (prep.) Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue.
Through (prep.) By means of; by the agency of.
Through (prep.) Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.
Through (prep.) Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket.
Through (prep.) From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.
Through (adv.) From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through.
Through (adv.) From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.
Through (adv.) To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through.
Through (a.) Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.
Throughly (adv.) Thoroughly.
Throughout (prep.) Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.
Throughout (adv.) In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.
Throve () imp. of Thrive.
Throw (n.) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obs.] -- Spenser. Dryden.
Throw (n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [Obs.] -- Shak.
I will with Thomas speak a little throw. -- Chaucer.
Threw (imp.) of Throw.
Thrown (p. p.) of Throw.