Associations to the word «Throe»

Wiktionary

THROE, noun. A pang, spasm.
THROE, noun. A hard struggle.
THROE, noun. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
THROE, verb. (transitive) To put in agony.
THROE, verb. (intransitive) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

Dictionary definition

THROE, noun. Severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth".
THROE, noun. Hard or painful trouble or struggle; "a country in the throes of economic collapse".

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