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thrave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thrave
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To urge; compel; importune.

British usage; Transitive verb

noun

A sheaf; a handful (of crops).

British usage

noun

A specified number (twenty-six, twenty-four, twelve, etc., depending on the place) of sheaves of a crop (wheat, oats, corn etc.); compare shock and stook, also a certain number of sheaves.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng.

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English thraven, from Old English þrafian (“to press; urge; compel; rebuke; argue; contend”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrabōn, from Proto-Germanic *þrabōną (“to press; drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to scamper; trample; quake; tread”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian troawje, droawje (“to trot”), West Frisian drave (“to trot”), Dutch draven (“to lope; trot”), German traben (“to trot”), Swedish trava (“to trot”), Icelandic þrefa (“to wrangle; dispute”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *terp-, thraven, þrafian, *þrabōn, *þrabōną, *trep-

Usage

Inflected Forms

thraves (present, singular) thraving (participle, present) thraved (participle, past) thraved (past) thraves (plural) threave (alternative) threve (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

thraft

Rhymes With

gave save they've wave dave brave slave grave cave behave shave rave

Questions

What does thrave mean?
To urge; compel; importune.
Where does thrave come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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