thraw

/θrɔ/
verb
  1. To twist or turn something, especially violently or with force.
    • The wind thrawed the branches of the old tree.
    • She thrawed the lid off the jar with a quick motion.
    • He thrawed the rope until it snapped.
  2. To oppose or resist stubbornly.
    • She thrawed the new policy at every meeting.
    • The child thrawed against every rule his parents set.
    • He thrawed the suggestion, insisting on his own plan.
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