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thro

thro preposition: through.

Preposition

thro

  1. (archaic) through
    • As thro a desert dry to go,1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI He the Red Sea rebuk'd also, That it updrying fled

Adjective

thro (comparative more thro, superlative most thro)

  1. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; vehement.
  2. (obsolete) Bold.

Forms of thro

comparativemore thro
superlativemost thro
alternative formthroe

Origin of thro

* Abbreviation of through.

From Middle English thro, thra, from Old Norse þrár (“stubborn, obstinate, persevering”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“obstinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to grind, drill, turn”).

Questions about thro

What does thro mean?
Thro means through.
What part of speech is thro?
Thro can be a preposition or an adjective.

Words near thro in the dictionary

  1. thriveth
  2. thriving
  3. thrivingly
  4. thrivingness
  5. thrivings
  6. thro
  7. thro'
  8. throat
  9. throat back
  10. throat backs
  11. throat brail

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