thraw
/θrɔ/
verb
- 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.
- 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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