thrown

Pronunciation: /θɹəʊn/

The English word “thrown” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

Launched by throwing.
Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
Confused; perplexed.

Etymology

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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