(Of flora or fauna) Likely in the near future to become endangered
1. Intimidation.
2. Avertissement. Proférer des menaces.
3. Risque. Des menaces d'orage.
ETYM as. threát, akin to âthreótan to vex, German verdriessen, Old High Germ. irdriozan, Icel. thrjôta to fail, want, lack, Goth. usthriutan to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, Latin trudere to push. Related to Abstruse, Intrude, Obstrude, Protrude.
1. A warning that something unpleasant is immanent.
2. Declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another.