An English surname from Middle English, variant of Thorn. / An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. / A municipality of Quebec, Canada. / Two hamlets in Cornwall, England.

simple past tense and past participle of thorn

containing thorns

(botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant. / Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn. / (figuratively) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a thorn bush. / A hamlet in Houghton Regis parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0024).

plural of thorn

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thorn

present participle of thorn

(astronomy) A star that contains a core made from another star. It is formed when a neutron star collides with a star, typically a red giant or supergiant, and the neutron star is swallowed by the red giant star.