Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.

  2. (historical, transitive)To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner.

  3. (broadly)To bind; to obligate to use or be associated with.

More meanings 2

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To drill or bore; to cut through, as a partition between one working and another.

  2. (obsolete)To throw (a projectile).

Origin

From Middle English thirlen, thurlen, thorlen, from Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), fro

From Middle English thirlen, thurlen, thorlen, from Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), from the noun (see above). Doublet of thrill.

Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of throw + hurl.

Dialectal alteration of thrall.

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Forms

thirls, thirling, thirled, thirled

regular · Lesson

Base formthirl · to thirl
3rd person singularthirls
Present participlethirling
Past simplethirled
Past participlethirled

Tenses

thirl · thirled · will thirl · have thirled

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythirl
he, she, itthirls

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thirled
he, she, ithas thirled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thirl

Past simpleLesson

all personsthirled

Word family

1 related words
Relatedthirlage

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
thinlythirdA2thirstB2thirstyA2

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