thorn
/θoɹn/ verb C2- To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).
He/she/it thorns · Past thorned · Past participle thorned · -ing form thorning
Verb forms
- Base form
- thorn
- He/she/it
- thorns
- Past
- thorned
- Past participle
- thorned
- -ing form
- thorning
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The Ass replied that passing through a hedge he had trod with his foot upon a sharp thorn.
The Wolf consented and lifted up the foot, and was giving his whole mind to the discovery of the thorn, when the Ass, with his heels, kicked his teeth into his mouth and galloped away.
A LION, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn.
Soon afterward he came up to a Shepherd and fawned upon him, wagging his tail as if to say, “I am a suppliant, and seek your aid.” The Shepherd boldly examined the beast, discovered the thorn, and placing his paw upon his lap, pulled it out; thus relieved of his pain, the Lion returned into the forest.
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