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Thrown

//θɹəʊn// adj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Launched by throwing. not-comparable

    "a thrown weapon"

  2. 2
    Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Confused; perplexed. not-comparable, slang

    "I was totally thrown by his bizarre remarks."

Adjective
  1. 1
    twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread wordnet
  2. 2
    caused to fall to the ground wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of throw form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran. Morphologically throw + -n.

Etymology 2

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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