Thorn

Noun



 * 1) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
 * 2) A letter of the Latin alphabet (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed by Old English from the futhark to represent a dental fricative, then not distinguished from eth, but in modern use (in Icelandic and other languages, but no longer in English) used only for the voiceless dental fricative found in English  thigh
 * 3) * See also Etymology of ye (definite article).

Derived terms

 * thorn apple
 * thornbush
 * thorn in one's side


 * Thornton
 * thorny

Verb

 * 1) To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Adjectives for Thorn
flowering; barren;  fruitful;  poisonous; pungent; prickly; mean; insipid; venomed; cruel; blazing; piercing; wind-warped.

Verbs for Thorn
bristle with—s; escape—s; impale on—; snag on—; —barbs; —s crucify; —s fence about; —s harass; —lacerates; —lancin-ates; —penetrates; —pierces; —plagues; — pricks; —punctures; —rends; —spikes; —s torture.

Thesaurus
adherent, adhesive, affliction, annoyance, bane, barb, barnacle, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, bother, bramble, brier, bristle, bugbear, bulldog, burden, burden of care, burr, cactus, calamity, cankerworm of care, care, catchweed, cement, cleavers, cross, crown of thorns, crushing burden, curse, death, decal, decalcomania, destruction, disease, distress, encumbrance, evil, gall, gall and wormwood, glue, goose grass, grievance, gunk, harm, infliction, irritant, irritation, leech, limpet, load, molasses, mucilage, needle, nemesis, nettle, nuisance, open wound, oppression, pack of troubles, paste, peck of troubles, pest, pestilence, pine needle, plague, plaster, point, prickle, quill, remora, running sore, scourge, sea of troubles, sorrow, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, syrup, thistle, torment, torture, trouble, vexation, visitation, waters of bitterness, weight, woe, yucca

Alternative forms

 * þorn, þ

Etymology
From þorn: and  þorn:, from, from , possibly derived from. Near cognates include German Dorn: and Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃:. Further cognates include Old Church Slavonic трънъ: and Sanskrit तृण:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: doring
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: aculi, espina, eculi, agulló, fibló
 * Chamicuro:
 * Crimean Tatar: tiken (northern dialect tegenek)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: astel
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: (kāṅṭā)
 * Hungarian:, tövis
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luhya:
 * Norwegian:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: خار
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Simplified Chinese: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: ముల్లు (mullu)
 * Turkish: diken
 * Urdu: (kāṅṭā)
 * West Frisian:
 * !Xóõ: g!qhàẽ


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:


 * Simplified Chinese: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * !Xóõ: g!hàã


 * : doring
 * : gjemb m
 * : espina f
 * : trn m
 * : doorn m
 * : dorno
 * : Dorn m


 * : þorn
 * : duri
 * : spin m, ghimpe m
 * : trn
 * : trn

Anagrams

 * north, North
 * Rt Hon

Noun

 * 1) Þ, thorn (letter)

Proper noun

 * 1) Toruń (city in Poland)