WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
thraw
(thrô, thrä),USA pronunciation v.t.
v.i.
adj.
- British Termsto throw.
- Scottish Terms
- to twist;
distort. - to oppose;
thwart;
vex.
- to twist;
v.i.
- Scottish Termsto disagree;
object.
adj.
- Scottish Termsthrawn (def. 1).
- (adjective, adjectival) apparently shortened from thrawn (verb, verbal) Scots, north, northern England dialect, dialectal form of throw (retaining in part earliest sense of the word)
'thraw' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):