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Also Inflected form of throw

thrown

UK/θɹəʊn/ US/θɹoʊn/ common slang

adjective

1.

caused to fall to the ground

  • “the thrown rider got back on his horse”
  • “a thrown wrestler”
  • “a ball player thrown for a loss”
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2.

twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread

  • “thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn”
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Origin

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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