English Explanatory Dictionary

thole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To suffer.
  2. To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
noun
  1. A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
  2. A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.
noun
  1. A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/θəʊl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thole.wav /θoʊl/

Word forms

thole tholes tholing tholed thowel thowl

Etymology

From Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian, from Proto-West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, suffer; to support”), compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle.

Synonyms

ache anguish agonize hurt pain passion suffer thole throe wark wring brook live with abear abide aby accept allow bear bide dree endure forbear go along with pass pocket pouch put up with stand stick stomach swallow take take sitting down tolerate undergang undergo oarlock rowlock tholepin nib

Related words

thoil tholeburde tholeburdness tholemodely tholemodeness tholemod tholemode tholobate

Derived words

tholance tholing tholepin
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