thrown
adjUK /θɹəʊn/ · US /θɹoʊn/
Etymology From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran. Morphologically throw + -n.
1
Launched by throwing.
- a thrown weapon
2
Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
3
Slang Confused; perplexed.
- I was totally thrown by his bizarre remarks.
- Derived terms
- downthrown, forethrown, thrownness, unthrown, windthrown