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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thunder \Thun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thundered}; p. pr & vb n. {Thundering}.] [AS. [thorn]unrian. See {Thunder}, n.] 1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as it thundered continuously. Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl 9. 2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears. --Milton. 3. To utter violent denunciation. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder, [thorn]oner, AS [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG. donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder, tonitrus thunder, Gr to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr. tan to stretch. [root]52. See {Thin}, and cf {Astonish}, {Detonate}, {Intone}, {Thursday}, {Tone}.] 1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. 2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.] The revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend. --Shak. 3. Any loud noise; as the thunder of cannon. 4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation. The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes. --Prescott. {Thunder pumper}. (Zo["o]l.) a The croaker ({Haploidontus grunniens}). b The American bittern or stake-driver. {Thunder rod}, a lightning rod. [R.] {Thunder snake}. (Zo["o]l.) a The chicken, or milk, snake. b A small reddish ground snake ({Carphophis, or Celuta am[oe]na}) native to the Eastern United States; -- called also {worm snake}. {Thunder tube}, a fulgurite. See {Fulgurite}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thunder \Thun"der\, v. t. To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation. Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's ear. --Dryden. An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure. --Ayliffe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thunder n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: {boom}, {roar}, {roaring}] 2: a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning v 1: move fast noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road" 2: utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared." [syn: {roar}] 3: be the case that thunder is being heard [syn: {boom}] 4: to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle." From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Thunder often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version translates (ra'amah) by "quivering main" (marg., "shaking"). Thunder accompanied the giving of the law at Sinai (Ex. 19:16). It was regarded as the voice of God (Job 37:2; Ps 18:13; 81:7; comp. John 12:29). In answer to Samuel's prayer (1 Sam. 12:17, 18), God sent thunder, and "all the people greatly feared," for at such a season (the wheat-harvest) thunder and rain were almost unknown in Palestine.
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