English Explanatory Dictionary

thrown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. past participle of throw
adj
  1. Launched by throwing.
  2. Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
  3. Confused; perplexed.

Pronunciation

thrōn /θɹəʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-thrown.wav En-uk-thrown.ogg /θɹoʊn/ en-us-thrown.ogg

Word forms

thrown

Etymology

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

Derived words

downthrown forethrown thrownness unthrown windthrown
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