Crossword clues for thrived
thrived
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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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. 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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: thrive)
Usage examples of "thrived".
Otherwise the mold that had penetrated and thrived in the console interior would have covered her face.
Shorter trips made use of small, sturdy and tractable ponies who thrived on the rough grazing and wandered unchecked in small herds.
The Esphanian Dynasty had thrived since the end of the Empire, and the castle had long outgrown its original keep and battlements, with wings added here and towers climbing out of corners, while storage facilities went down several levels into the solid rock of the cliff.
She was close enough at a roughly thousand-foot altitude to notice the churning of the water where schools of every fish that thrived in Pern’s seas had gathered to feast on drowning Thread.
The fish, even the dolphins, thrived on it, or so the dolphineers said.
Why was it that these older men thrived on the challenge, while others, like Sangel, Norist, Corman, Nessel, and Begamon, rejected all that the new information provided Pern?
But on the other hand, he sounded like a challenge to her abilities, and she was one of those high-powered individuals who thrived on challenges, on testing herself to the limit.
He was a member of a different breed, a man who positively thrived on challenge.
He thrived on pressure, his energy level seeming to increase with the demands made on his time.
There was no challenge in it any longer, and he was a man who thrived on challenge.
Bennett Trotter thrived on picking on those he considered his subordinates, and poor Kellman was his favorite target.
Though Damien knew that the Hunter’s cold flesh thrived on the chill of the icy peaks, he nevertheless shivered as the wind whipped Tarrant’s thin shirt about his haggard frame.
There were small things coming from the shadows now, faeborn parasites that thrived on dying flesh.
All these foods thrived independently of one another, each typical of a particular ethnic or class subgroup.
Also serving an onion-smothered, White Castle-style hamburger, Toddle House thrived in both working-class and more affluent neighborhoods because of its more sedate architecture, which had no large signs or tacky gimmickry.