thrown.
Launched by throwing.
Meaning & usage
Launched by throwing.
a thrown weapon
Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
Confused; perplexed.
I was totally thrown by his bizarre remarks.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran. Morphologically throw + -n.
past participle of throw
Where this word comes from
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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