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  Thrive \Thrive\ (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. Throve (thr[=o]v) or
     Thrived (thr[imac]vd); p. p. Thrived or Thriven
     (thr[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Thriving.] [OE.
     [thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[=i]fask; probably originally, to
     grasp for one's self, from [thorn]r[=i]fa to grasp; akin to
     Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. Thrift.]
     1. To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of
        property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer
        thrives by good husbandry.
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              Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the
              riches of the understanding, as well as in gold.
                                                    --I. Watts.
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     2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.
        ``They by vices thrive.'' --Sandys.
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              O son, why sit we here, each other viewing
              Idly, while Satan, our great author, thrives?
                                                    --Milton.
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              And so she throve and prospered.      --Tennyson.
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     3. To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or
        luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle
        thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.
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  Thrive \Thrive\ (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. Throve (thr[=o]v) or
     Thrived (thr[imac]vd); p. p. Thrived or Thriven
     (thr[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Thriving.] [OE.
     [thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[=i]fask; probably originally, to
     grasp for one's self, from [thorn]r[=i]fa to grasp; akin to
     Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. Thrift.]
     1. To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of
        property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer
        thrives by good husbandry.
  
              Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the
              riches of the understanding, as well as in gold.
                                                    --I. Watts.
  
     2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.
        ``They by vices thrive.'' --Sandys.
  
              O son, why sit we here, each other viewing Idly,
              while Satan, our great author, thrives? --Milton.
  
              And so she throve and prospered.      --Tennyson.
  
     3. To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or
        luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle
        thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.

  thriving
       adj 1: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a
              palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new
              business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving
              tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
              [syn: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering,
               prosperous, roaring]
       2: having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life;
          "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing
          boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population"
          [syn: flourishing, growing]

  thriving
     a.
     That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.
     n.
     The action of the verb ''to thrive''.
     vb.
     (present participle of en thrive nocat=1)

  thriving
     a.
     That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.
     n.
     The action of the verb ''to thrive''.
     vb.
     (present participle of en thrive nocat=1)

  thriving
     a.
     That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.
     n.
     The action of the verb ''to thrive''.
     vb.
     (present participle of en thrive nocat=1)

  thriving
     a.
     That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.
     n.
     The action of the verb ''to thrive''.
     vb.
     (present participle of en thrive nocat=1)

  thriving
     Englanti a.
     menestyvä, kukoistava

  thriving
     Engelska a.
     1 välmående, blomstrande
     2 (avledning en thrive ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb thrive)

  Thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  الإزدهار

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  prosperující

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/ 
  prospívání

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  gedeihend
   see: thrive, thriven, thrived, I/he/she/it throve
  

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  gedeihlich 
     Synonyms: prosperous, successful, beneficial
  

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  prächtig gedeihend, kräftig, blühend, florierend, erfolgreich 
     Synonym: thrifty
  

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  prosperierend, gedeihend, sich günstig entwickelnd
     Synonyms: prospering, flourishing
  
   see: prosper, thrive, flourish, prospered, thrived, flourished
  

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  schwunghaft 
     Synonyms: flourishing, brisk
  

  thriving //θɹaɪvɪŋ// 
  kukoistava
  flourishing

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  napredan, uspješan

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  1. gyarapodó
  2. prosperáló
  3. boldoguló
  4. virágzó
  5. jól menô
  6. növekvô

  thriving /θɹˈaɪvɪŋ/ 
  próspero, lucrável

  
/ˈθɹaɪvɪŋ/

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "thriving":
     abundance, abundant, advancing, balmy, blooming, blossoming,
     booming, bountiful, budding, burgeoning, bursting, bursting out,
     clear, copious, creative, crescent, developed, ease, easy,
     exuberant, fair, fat, fecund, fertile, florescent, flourishing,
     flowering, fructiferous, fruitful, fruiting, full-fledged,
     full-grown, fully developed, generous, going strong, growing,
     grown, grown-up, halcyon, hypertrophied, in full swing,
     in good case, lush, luxuriant, mature, overdeveloped, overgrown,
     palmy, piping, plenteous, plentiful, pregnant, productive,
     progressing, proliferous, prolific, prospering, prosperous, rich,
     roaring, robust, rosy, seminal, sleek, sprouting, superabundant,
     swarming, teeming, thrifty, uberous, vigorous, well-being
  
  

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