Meaning

1 senses

  1. To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).

Examples

70 sentences

  1. Roses have thorns on their stems.

    На стеблах троянд є колючки. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruУ розы есть шипы на стебле. — Balamax

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  2. There are no roses without thorns.

    Немає троянд без шипів. — Internecivus

    ruНет роз без шипов. — Olya

    deEs gibt keine Rosen ohne Dornen. — MUIRIEL

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  3. Every rose has its thorn.

    Кожна троянда має свої колючки. — iceman

    deEine dornenlose Rose gibt es nicht. — al_ex_an_der

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  4. Roses have thorns.

    У троянд є шипи. — deniko

    ruУ роз есть шипы. — marafon

    deDie Rosen haben Dornen. — moskbnea

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  5. Every rose has its thorns.

    Немає троянд без шипів. — Internecivus

    ruНет роз без шипов. — Olya

    deEs gibt keine Rosen ohne Dornen. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, fr

From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

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Forms

thorns, thorning, thorned, thorned
Base formthorn · to thorn
3rd person singularthorns
Present participlethorning
Past simplethorned
Past participlethorned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythorn
he, she, itthorns

Past simpleLesson

all personsthorned

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thorn

Word family

3 related words
Relatedethwynnwen

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
thitherthongthorthornythoroughB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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