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1. (n.) thorn
a hard, sharp outgrowth on a plant, esp. a sharp-pointed aborted branch.
2. thorn
a thorny tree or shrub, as the hawthorne.
3. thorn
the wood of such a plant.
4. thorn
a runic character (þ), borrowed into the Latin alphabet and used to represent the initial th sounds of thin and they in Old English and of thin in modern Icelandic.
5. thorn
a source of continual irritation, trouble, or discomfort (esp. in the phrase thorn in one's side or flesh).
6. (v.t.) thorn
to prick with a thorn; vex.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE, c. OS, OHG, ON thorn, Go thaurnus)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) irritant, thorn
something that causes irritation and annoyance
"he's a thorn in my flesh"
2. (noun) spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
3. (noun) thorn
a Germanic character of runic origin
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1. (noun) thorn
a sharp point on a plant stem
the thorns on a rose
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) thorn
a hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine
2. (noun) thorn
any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn
3. (noun) thorn
fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care
4. (noun) thorn
the name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine
5. (verb) thorn
to prick, as with a thorn
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. thorn
a town and fortress of the first rank in West Prussia, on the Vistula, 115 m. NW. of Warsaw; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League (q. v.); was annexed by Prussia in 1815; the birthplace of Copernicus; carries on a brisk trade in corn and timber.
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Sense: a hard, sharp point sticking out from the stem of certain plants
She pricked her finger on a thorn.
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 Afrikaans: doring |
 Arabic: شَوْكَه |
 Bulgarian: бодил |
 Brazilian: espinho |
 Czech: trn |
 German: der Dorn |
 Danish: torn |
 Greek: αγκάθι |
 Spanish: espina |
 Estonian: okas |
 Farsi: تیغ |
 Finnish: piikki |
 French: épine |
 Hebrew: קוֹץ |
 Hindi: कांटा |
 Croatian: trn |
 Hungarian: tüske |
 Indonesian: duri |
 Icelandic: þyrnir |
 Italian: spina |
 Japanese: とげ |
 Korean: 가시 |
 Lithuanian: spyglys |
 Latvian: ērkšķis; dzelksnis |
 Malay: duri |
 Dutch: doorn |
 Norwegian: torn |
 Polish: kolec |
 Persian: تیغ |
 Pashto: اغزى، ازغى: غنه، اغزن بوټ |
 Portuguese: espinho |
 Romanian: spin |
 Russian: колючка; шип |
 Slovak: tŕň |
 Slovenian: trn |
 Serbian: trn |
 Swedish: törne, tagg |
 Thai: หนาม |
 Turkish: diken |
 Taiwanese: 有刺植物 |
 Ukrainian: колючка, шпичак |
 Urdu: کانٹا، خار |
 Vietnamese: cái gai |
 Chinese: （植物的）刺 |
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