The meaning of Thorns

Thorns – definition

noun
A stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant.
Usage examples:
Roses ramble over walls, branches stiff with thorns and laden with huge blossoms.
Synonims:
Prickle Spike Barb Spine Bristle Spicule
noun
A thorny bush, shrub, or tree, especially a hawthorn.
Usage examples:
‘they threw me over the back of a camel and told me they would kill me if i cried,’ he said, sittin…
noun
An old english and icelandic runic letter, þ or þ, representing the dental fricatives ð and θ. in english it was eventually superseded by the digraph th.
Usage examples:
Similarly, thorn may represent either a voiceless or a voiced sound: compare the current use of the…
noun
A yellowish-brown woodland moth that rests with the wings raised over the back, with caterpillars that mimic twigs in appearance.

Thorns translation into English

Thorns: translate from English into Chinese

荆棘, 荆

Thorns: translate from English into Dutch

Doornen

Thorns: translate from English into French

Les épines

Thorns: translate from English into German

Dornen

Thorns: translate from English into Hindi

कांटों

Thorns: translate from English into Italian

Spine

Thorns: translate from English into Korean

가시

Thorns: translate from English into Russian

Шипы

Thorns: translate from English into Spanish

Espinas

Word origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doorn and German Dorn .

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Thorns – similar words

thorn

noun
A stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant.
Usage examples:
Roses ramble over walls, branches stiff with thorns and laden with huge blossoms.

noun
A small, sharp, pointed growth on the stem of a plant
Usage examples:
Rose bushes have thorns.

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Thorns synonims

barb

noun
A sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.
Usage examples:
It was a simple hunting arrow, without a particularly sharp edge or barbs that would make it harder…

noun
A small horse of a hardy breed originally from north africa.
Usage examples:
The rancho riding herd is usually 27 horses, mainly spanish barbs and mixes of that breed.

verb
Cut or style (a person's hair).
Usage examples:
He has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of

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bristle

noun
A short, stiff hair on an animal's skin or a man's face.
Usage examples:
I haven't shaved for the day, so short bristles of my beard pepper my chin.

verb
(of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin, typically as a sign of anger or fear.
Usage examples:
The hair on the back of his neck bristled

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prickle

noun
A short pointed outgrowth on the bark or epidermis of a plant; a small thorn.
Usage examples:
The prickles of the gorse bushes

verb
(of a part of the body) experience a tingling sensation, especially as a result of strong emotion.
Usage examples:
The sound made her skin prickle with horror

noun
A stinging feeling as if made by a sharp point
Usage examples:
A prickle of fear ran up the back of my neck., [ t ] she lay on the dry grass, which prickled the b…

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spicule

noun
A minute sharp-pointed object or structure that is typically present in large numbers, such as a fine particle of ice.
Usage examples:
A general overview on the structural organization of the proteinaceous filament inside spicules is …

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spike

noun
A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.
Usage examples:
The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.

verb
Impale on or pierce with a sharp point.
Usage examples:
She spiked another oyster

noun
A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.
Usage examples:
This handsome plant has striking blue flowers in a spike on the stem

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spine

noun
A series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone.
Usage examples:
A soft voice that sent a shiver down her spine

noun
The line of bones down the center of the back that provides support for the body
Usage examples:
Be careful of the cactus spines.

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