English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Threap (n.)

An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.

Threaped (imp. & p. p.)

of Threap

Threaping (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Threap

Threat (n.)

The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.

Threat (n.)

To threaten.

Threaten (v. t.)

To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.

Threaten (v. t.)

To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.

Threaten (v. i.)

To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.

Threatened (imp. & p. p.)

of Threaten

Threatener (n.)

One who threatens.

Threatening (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Threaten

Threatening

a. & n. from Threaten, v.

Threatful (a.)

Full of threats; having a menacing appearance.

Threave (n.)

Same as Thrave.

Three (a.)

One more than two; two and one.

Three (n.)

The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

Three (n.)

A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.

Three-coat (a.)

Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.

Three-cornered (a.)

Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

Three-cornered (a.)

Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.