thole

Plural: tholes

Noun

a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.
A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.

Verb

Verb Forms: tholed, tholing, tholes

To endure or tolerate something difficult.
To suffer.
To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.

Examples

She had to THOLE her opponent’s absurdly high score in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian, from Proto-West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, suffer; to support”), compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle.

Synonyms

oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, tholepin, abear, abide, aby, accept, ache, agonize, allow, anguish, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, hurt, live with, nib, pain, pass, passion, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, take sitting down, thole, throe, tolerate, undergang, undergo, wark, wring

Scrabble Score: 8

thole: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
thole: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thole: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

thole: valid Words With Friends Word