Throve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θɹəʊv/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Throve is a verb meaning simple past of thrive.
Meaning
simple past of thrive.
More Meanings
- (now nonstandard) past participle of thrive
Example Sentences
Areca-nuts and betel-vines in inconsiderable quantities seem to have throve.
I have found my Po-poplars, even in this dry year, to have throve the better for a pretty free trimming.
So three years / She throve, but on the fourth she fell, / Like Herod, when the shout was in his hears, / Struck thro' with pangs of hell.
The melons, pumpkins, and cucumbers throve well on a sandy patch in Doctor's Gully, which was the first site chosen for an experimental garden.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prospered, flourished, groweth, bounteously, hereabout, baronage.
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