"thrave" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: thraves [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English thrave, threve, thrafe, from Old Norse þrefi (“a bunch or handful of sheaves”), related to Old Norse þrifa (“to grasp”). Cognate with Swedish trave, Danish trave. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thrave}} Middle English thrave, {{m|enm|threve}} threve, {{m|enm|thrafe}} thrafe, {{der|en|non|þrefi||a bunch or handful of sheaves}} Old Norse þrefi (“a bunch or handful of sheaves”), {{m|non|þrifa||to grasp}} þrifa (“to grasp”), {{cog|sv|trave}} Swedish trave, {{cog|da|trave}} Danish trave Head templates: {{en-noun}} thrave (plural thraves)
  1. (UK, dialect) A sheaf; a handful. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-thrave-en-noun-cKN0Cnwr Disambiguation of Units of measure: 36 22 37 4 Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-thrave-en-noun-YouHR2kc Disambiguation of Units of measure: 36 22 37 4 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 45 26 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 48 23 11
  3. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-thrave-en-noun-vMIWHFS4 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 36 22 37 4 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: threave [obsolete], threve [obsolete]
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: thraves [present, singular, third-person], thraving [participle, present], thraved [participle, past], thraved [past]
Etymology: From Middle English thraven, from Old English þrafian (“to press; urge; compel; rebuke; argue; contend”), from Proto-Germanic *þrabōną (“to press; drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to scamper; trample; quake; tread”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian troawje, droawje (“to trot”), West Frisian drave (“to trot”), Dutch draven (“to lope; trot”), German traben (“to trot”), Swedish trava (“to trot”), Icelandic þrefa (“to wrangle; dispute”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terp-}}, {{inh|en|enm|thraven}} Middle English thraven, {{inh|en|ang|þrafian||to press; urge; compel; rebuke; argue; contend}} Old English þrafian (“to press; urge; compel; rebuke; argue; contend”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þrabōną||to press; drive}} Proto-Germanic *þrabōną (“to press; drive”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*trep-||to scamper; trample; quake; tread}} Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to scamper; trample; quake; tread”), {{cog|stq|troawje}} Saterland Frisian troawje, {{m|stq|droawje||to trot}} droawje (“to trot”), {{cog|fy|drave||to trot}} West Frisian drave (“to trot”), {{cog|nl|draven||to lope; trot}} Dutch draven (“to lope; trot”), {{cog|de|traben||to trot}} German traben (“to trot”), {{cog|sv|trava||to trot}} Swedish trava (“to trot”), {{cog|is|þrefa||to wrangle; dispute}} Icelandic þrefa (“to wrangle; dispute”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} thrave (third-person singular simple present thraves, present participle thraving, simple past and past participle thraved)
  1. (transitive, UK, dialectal) To urge; compel; importune. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive Related terms: thraft
    Sense id: en-thrave-en-verb-oMPDVHNu Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English thrave, threve, thrafe, from Old Norse þrefi (“a bunch or handful of sheaves”), related to Old Norse þrifa (“to grasp”). Cognate with Swedish trave, Danish trave.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thraves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "thrave (plural thraves)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sheaf; a handful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sheaf",
          "sheaf"
        ],
        [
          "handful",
          "handful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect) A sheaf; a handful."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1785, Robert Burns, To a Mouse",
          "text": "A daimen icker in a thrave / 'S a sma' request;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sheaves",
          "sheaf"
        ],
        [
          "wheat",
          "wheat"
        ],
        [
          "shock",
          "shock"
        ],
        [
          "stook",
          "stook"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect, obsolete) Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 16th century, Lansdowne MS\nThe worst of a thrave."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ],
        [
          "throng",
          "throng"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect, obsolete) Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "threave"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "threve"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thrave"
}

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