present participle of throe

A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony. / (intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

Synonym of froe (“a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood”)

plural of throe

Heavily occupied, or busily involved in an important activity.

(chiefly in the plural) Struggle that is followed by death. / (chiefly in the plural) The final movements or sounds, often erratic, of a living being as it dies.

plural of death throe

sexual intercourse