Thrave
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Thrave is a verb meaning (transitive, UK, dialectal) To urge; compel; importune.
Meaning
(transitive, UK, dialectal) To urge; compel; importune.
More Meanings
- (UK, dialect) A sheaf; a handful.
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng.
Example Sentences
He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale.
A daimen icker in a thrave / 'S a sma' request;
c. 16th century, Lansdowne manuscript The worst of a thrave.
Word Forms
- thraves
- thraving
- thraved
- threave
- threve
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include threat, strain, thrust, thring, thrutch, thrack.
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