thrown

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/θɹəʊn/
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/θɹəʊn/ · /θɹoʊn/

Definition of thrown

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of throw
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verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of throw

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Launched by throwing.
    “a thrown weapon”
  2. (not-comparable)Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
  3. (not-comparable, slang)Confused; perplexed.
    “I was totally thrown by his bizarre remarks.”

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Etymology

From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran. Morphologically throw + -n.

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