Thrown

//θɹəʊn// adj, verb, slang

adj, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of throw form-of, participle, past
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

Synonyms

All synonyms
addledat a lossbaffledbamboozledbeatbefuddled

Example

More examples

"It is a shameful fact that, while there are lands where people suffer from hunger, within Japan there are many households and restaurants where much food is thrown away."

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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