Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throve

/θɹoʊv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: throve
IPA: /θɹoʊv/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of thrive

verb

past participle of thrive

Example Sentences

"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."
"But having now done with theſe Excreſcencies of Spain, from whence they pretend to have originally ſprung, let us ſee how thoſe which they lay claim to for their Anceſtors, have throve in their aversion to Induſtry."
"I have found my Po-poplars, even in this dry year, to have throve the better for a pretty free trimming."
"Areca-nuts and betel-vines in inconsiderable quantities seem to have throve."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /θɹoʊv/
British English: /θɹəʊv/

Rhymes With

nov drove grove stove cove trove hove gove clove rove tov strove

Questions

How do you pronounce throve?: The recorded pronunciation is /θɹoʊv/.
What does throve mean?: simple past of thrive

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