<B>thou</B> (1), pronoun, sing., nom. <B>thou;</B> poss. <B>thy</B> or <B>thine;</B> obj. <B>thee;</B> pl. nom. <B>you</B> or <B>ye;</B> poss. <B>your</B> or <B>yours;</B> obj. <B>you</B> or <B>ye;</B> verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><I>pron. </I> the one spoken to; you. <BR> <I>Ex. Thou, God, seest me.</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to use the pronoun <I>thou</I> to a person, especially familiarly, to an inferior, in contempt or insult, etc. </DL>
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<B>thou</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>thou</B> or <B>thous.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a thousand dollars, pounds, or other units of currency. <BR> <I>Ex. A player ... went from twenty thou a year to thirty when he was drafted by Oakland (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
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<B>thou.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> thousand. </DL>
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<B>though, </B>conjunction, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>conj. </I> <B>1. </B>in spite of the fact that; notwithstanding the fact that; although. <BR> <I>Ex. We take our medicine, though we do not like it. Though it was pouring, the girls went to school.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>yet; still; nevertheless; however. <BR> <I>Ex. He is better, though not yet cured.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>even if; even supposing that. <BR> <I>Ex. Though I fail, I shall try again.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> however; nevertheless. <BR> <I>Ex. I am sorry about our quarrel; you began it, though.</I> <DD> Also, <B>tho,</B> <B>tho'.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>as though,</B> </I>as if; as it would be if. <BR> <I>Ex. You look as though you were tired.</I> </DL>
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<B>thought</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>what a person thinks; idea; notion. <BR> <I>Ex. Her thought was to have a picnic.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the power or process of thinking; mental activity. <BR> <I>Ex. Thought helps us solve problems.</I> (SYN) cogitation, deliberation, meditation. <DD><B> 3. </B>reasoning. <BR> <I>Ex. He applied thought to the problem.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>care; attention; regard. <BR> <I>Ex. Show some thought for others than yourself. The old man was lost in thought and did not hear us come in.</I> (SYN) consideration. <DD><B> 5. </B>an intention; design; purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. He doesn't have a thought of leaving.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>conception, imagination, or fancy. <BR> <I>Ex. a pretty thought.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Figurative.) a very small amount; little bit; trifle. <BR> <I>Ex. Just a thought more sugar, please. Be a thought more polite.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>the characteristic thinking of a particular person, group, time, or place. <BR> <I>Ex. in modern scientific thought, 16th-century thought.</I> </DL>
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<B>thought</B> (2), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense and past participle of <B>think.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. We thought it would snow yesterday.</I> </DL>
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<B>thought control,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the strict limiting or regimentation of ideas, reasoning, education, research, and the like, in all persons so as to conform to that of a particular group or government. </DL>
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<B>thoughtful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>full of thought; thinking. <BR> <I>Ex. She was thoughtful for a while and then replied, "No."</I> (SYN) reflective, meditative, contemplative. <DD><B> b. </B>indicating thought. <BR> <I>Ex. a thoughtful expression.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>careful; heedful. <BR> <I>Ex. Most speeders are not thoughtful of danger they pose to other drivers.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>careful of others; considerate. <BR> <I>Ex. She is always thoughtful of her mother.</I> adv. <B>thoughtfully.</B> noun <B>thoughtfulness.</B> </DL>
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<B>thoughtless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without thought; doing things without thinking; careless. <BR> <I>Ex. a thoughtless person, a thoughtless remark. He is a thoughtless boy and is always making blunders.</I> (SYN) remiss, heedless. <DD><B> 2. </B>not thinking; unmindful. <BR> <I>Ex. thoughtless of danger.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>showing little or no care or regard for others; not considerate. <BR> <I>Ex. It is thoughtless of her to keep us waiting so long.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=stupid.</B> adv. <B>thoughtlessly.</B> noun <B>thoughtlessness.</B> </DL>
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<B>thought-out, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> arrived at or developed by thinking; thoroughly considered. <BR> <I>Ex. It is heartening to see such a well-organized and thought-out project (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<B>thoughtway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a habit or manner of thinking. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the dominance of technological thoughtways in which means float free of or determine ends (John R. Seeley).</I> </DL>
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<B>thousand, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>ten hundred; 1,000. (Abbr:) thou. <DD><B> 2. </B>a large number. <BR> <I>Ex. thousands of people.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> being ten hundred; 1,000. </DL>
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<B>thousandfold, </B>adjective, adverb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thousand times as much or as many. </DL>
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<B>Thousand Island dressing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> mayonnaise blended with catchup or chili sauce and various relishes. </DL>
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<B>thousand-legger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a myriapod, especially a chilopod or centipede, as a species common in the southern United States, that infests houses and preys upon household insects. <BR> <I>Ex. The thousand-leggers or millipedes never have as many as a thousand legs (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<B>thousandth, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>next after the 999th; last in a series of a thousand. <DD><B> 2. </B>one, or being one, of a thousand equal parts. </DL>
<B>THPC</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a crystalline compound used in making cotton and rayon fabrics flame-resistant. </DL>
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<B>Thracian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with ancient Thrace, a region in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, or its people. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who was born or lived in ancient Thrace. <BR> <I>Ex. The Thracians were the most musical of the peoples of Greece (Edith Hamilton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the Indo-European language of the ancient Thracians, related to Illyrian. </DL>
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<B>Thraco-Illyrian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a branch of the Indo-European language family of which Albanian is the only surviving member. <DD><I>noun </I> a Thraco-Illyrian language, especially Albanian. </DL>
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<B>Thraco-Phrygian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Thracian and Phrygian, two ancient Indo-European languages. <DD><I>noun </I> either of those languages. </DL>
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<B>thrall, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person in bondage; slave; bondman. <BR> <I>Ex. The thralls did the work of the castle.</I> (SYN) serf. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a person who is a slave to something. <BR> <I>Ex. a thrall to alcohol. Slaves of drink and thralls of sleep (Shakespeare). I am ... made up of likings and dislikings--the veriest thrall to sympathies, apathies, antipathies (Charles Lamb).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>bondage; slavery; thralldom. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) to be in thrall to drink.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> (Archaic.) that is a thrall; in thrall. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Archaic.) to put or hold in thralldom or bondage; enslave. </DL>
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<B>thralldom</B> or <B>thraldom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> bondage; slavery; servitude. <BR> <I>Ex. A sorcerer had the knight in thralldom.</I> </DL>
<B>thrash, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to beat as punishment; flog. <BR> <I>Ex. The man thrashed the boy for stealing apples.</I> (SYN) trounce. <DD><B> 2. </B>to move, swing, or beat vigorously to and fro or up and down. <BR> <I>Ex. to thrash one's arms against one's body to keep warm, to thrash one's legs in the water.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to thresh (wheat, rye, or other grain). <DD><B> 4. </B>(Nautical.) to force (a ship) to move forward against a wind, sea, or tide. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to move violently; toss; lash. <BR> <I>Ex. children thrashing about in the water. Branches thrashed against the window. Unable to sleep, the patient thrashed about in his bed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to thresh grain. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Nautical.) to make way against the wind, tide, or sea; beat. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of thrashing or threshing; beating. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Nautical.) a making way against the wind, tide, or sea. <DD><B> 3. </B>a swimming movement in which the legs are moved alternately and rapidly up and down; flutter kick. <BR><I>expr. <B>thrash out,</B> </I>(Figurative.) to settle by thorough discussion. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the problem has not always been fully and adequately thrashed out (Manchester Guardian).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>thrash over,</B> </I>(Figurative.) to go over again and again. <BR> <I>Ex. The jurors kept thrashing over the evidence without being able to reach a verdict.</I> </DL>
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<B>thrasher</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that thrashes. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=thresher </B>(def. 3). </DL>
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<B>thrasher</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several long-tailed North American birds related to the mockingbird, such as the brown thrasher of eastern North America. A thrasher looks somewhat like a thrush. </DL>
