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thrown meaning

EN[θrəʊn] [θroʊn] [-əʊn]
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    Definition of thrown in English Dictionary

  • VerbBFthrowSGthrowsPRthrowingPTthrew
    1. past participle of throw.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Jim was a tyrant who threw his weight around when it came to punishing his students.
        • Maybe we were a little too quick to throw dirt on this game.
        • After the second lunch, with a little more to drink, he helped her into her coat more zealously, smoothing the material down over one should blade as if the cloth had suddenly thrown up a ruckle.
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.
        • Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
      3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Irregular verb forms
            • Irregular past participles
            • Participles
              • Past participles
        Related Links:
        1. en thrown up
        2. en thrown out
        3. en thrown away
        4. en thrown down
        5. en thrown over
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of thrown for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "thrown" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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