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thro'

thro' preposition: through.

Preposition

thro'

  1. (archaic, poetic) Through.
    • all times I have enjoy'd
      Greatly, have suffer'd greatly, both with those
      That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when
      Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades (10)
      Vext the dim sea1833, Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses
    • And quickly thro' the spacious building fly ;1838, Thomas Eagles, Brendallah, A Poem, Whittaker & Co., section LXII, page 112
    Synonyms:
    thru

Synonyms of thro'

Questions about thro'

What does thro' mean?
Thro' means through.
What part of speech is thro'?
Thro' is a preposition.

Words near thro' in the dictionary

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

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