English Explanatory Dictionary

threw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past of throw
  2. past participle of throw

Pronunciation

thro͞o /θɹuː/ /θɹʉw/ /θɹu/ en-us-threw.ogg /θɹʉː/ /θɾʉ/ /θɹʉ/ /θɹɪu/

Word forms

threw

Etymology

From Middle English threw, from Old English þrēow (first and third person past tense of þrāwan), from West Germanic *þreu, from Northwest Germanic *þrerō, from Proto-Germanic *þeþrō (first and third person past tense of *þrēaną), reduplication of *þrēaną.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary