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Definition of Thrown

1. Adjective. Caused to fall to the ground. "A ball player thrown for a loss"

2. Adjective. Twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread. "Thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn"

Definition of Thrown

1. Verb. (past participle of throw) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thrown

1. throw [v] - See also: throw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrown

throwest throweth throwing throwing away throwing board throwing down throwing in the bark throwing knife throwing knives throwing shapes

throwing signs throwing stick throwing up throwing wheel throwings thrown (current term) thrown-away(a) thrown and twisted thrown away thrown down

thrown up throws throws away throws down throws up throwster throwsters throwup thru thrue

Literary usage of Thrown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"The adventures of Selkirk had been thrown into the air, in 1712, for literary hawks to devour * ; and De Foe may have catched a * The whole ftory of ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The left hand, formed into a scoop, is turned outward by the wrist at right angles to the forearm and the left arm, with .elbow bent, is thrown outward and ..."

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