Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To grow vigorously; flourish.
  • intransitive verb To be successful or make steady progress; prosper.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To prosper; flourish; be fortunate or successful.
  • To increase in goods and estate; grow rich or richer; keep on increasing one's acquisitions.
  • To grow vigorously or luxuriantly; flourish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate.
  • intransitive verb To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.
  • intransitive verb To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.
  • verb To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb grow vigorously
  • verb make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English thriven, from Old Norse thrīfask, reflexive of thrīfa, to seize.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Old Norse þrífask, from þrifa ("grasp").

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  • Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little other meat, like chicken. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

    December 21, 2010

  • Probably more accurate to say a high protein diet is acidic due to the deamination process within the body.

    December 21, 2010