# throve

Pronunciation: say "THROHV" US /θɹoʊv/, UK /θɹəʊv/

## Verb

1. Past tense of thrive. — simple past of thrive
   - Simple: Past tense of thrive. Use this when something did very well in the past.
   - _The young colony throve despite the harsh first winter._
   - _Her small bakery throve once word of the recipes spread._
2. Past participle of thrive. Nonstandard: the usual forms are thrived and thriven. *(nonstandard)* — past participle of thrive
   - Simple: Past participle of thrive. This is not standard: use thrived or thriven after have, has or had.
   - _The business had throve for a decade before the new competitor arrived._
   - _She noted how the orchard had throve since the irrigation channels were dug._

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