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Thrown   /θroʊn/   Listen
Thrown

adjective
1.
Caused to fall to the ground.  "A thrown wrestler" , "A ball player thrown for a loss"
2.
Twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread.  Synonym: thrown and twisted.


Throw

verb
(past threw; past part. thrown; pres. part. throwing)
1.
Propel through the air.
2.
Move violently, energetically, or carelessly.
3.
Get rid of.  Synonyms: cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw away, throw off.  "Shed your clothes"
4.
Place or put with great energy.  Synonym: thrust.  "Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
5.
Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture.  Synonym: give.  "She gave me a dirty look"
6.
Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation.  Synonyms: flip, switch.  "Throw the lever"
7.
Put or send forth.  Synonyms: cast, contrive, project.  "The setting sun threw long shadows" , "Cast a spell" , "Cast a warm light"
8.
To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly.  "Throw the car into reverse"
9.
Cause to be confused emotionally.  Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate.
10.
Utter with force; utter vehemently.  Synonym: hurl.  "Throw accusations at someone"
11.
Organize or be responsible for.  Synonyms: give, have, hold, make.  "Have, throw, or make a party" , "Give a course"
12.
Make on a potter's wheel.
13.
Cause to fall off.
14.
Throw (a die) out onto a flat surface.
15.
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.  Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle.  "This question completely threw me" , "This question befuddled even the teacher"



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"Thrown" Quotes from Famous Books



... is giving in now," panted Dyke, who had been compelled to put forth all his strength to keep from being thrown off by the violent buffeting of the bird's wings. "Look sharp, ...
— Diamond Dyke - The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure • George Manville Fenn
... days passed, swallowed up by feverish work and preparation. It was work that might well be all thrown away should his recall be insisted upon at Amberley, or, at best, might only pave the way to his successor's more fortunate endeavors. It was all very trying, very unsatisfactory, yet he dared not relax his efforts, with the knowledge which he now possessed, and the thought ...
— The Law-Breakers • Ridgwell Cullum
... carefully combed, was tied up in a knot upon the crown of his head, and adorned with a long white feather fancifully stuck in it; in his ears were large bunches of the down of the gannet, white as the driven snow, and napping about his cheeks with every gale. Like the natives, he wore the mat thrown over his shoulders; but the one he had on was bordered with a deep Vandyke of different colours, and gaily bedizened with the feathers of parrots and other birds, reflecting at the same moment all the various shades in the rainbow. He carried a musket in his hand, ...
— John Rutherford, the White Chief • George Lillie Craik
... of their late rising might possibly be found in the disorder which a cursory glance around the room revealed. Dress coats, white ties, patent leather pumps and other paraphernalia of evening wear were scattered here and there, just as each article had been thrown down when they had returned home the night before, while on a side table were a ...
— Bought and Paid For - From the Play of George Broadhurst • Arthur Hornblow
... meditated, had V.V. stayed on in Europe so much longer than she need have done? And why had Gunter Lake suddenly got into a state of mind about her? Why didn't the girl confide in her father at least about these things? What was afoot? She had thrown over Lake once and it seemed she was going to turn him down again. Well, if she was an ordinary female person that was a silly sort of thing to do. With her fortune and his—you could buy the world. But suppose she was not all ordinary female person.... Her mother hadn't ...
— The Secret Places of the Heart • H. G. Wells


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