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THROWN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread
Example:
thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn
Synonyms:
thrown; thrown and twisted
Classified under:
Similar:
tangled (in a confused mass)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Caused to fall to the ground
Example:
a ball player thrown for a loss
Classified under:
Similar:
down (being or moving lower in position or less in some value)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past participle of the verb throw
Context examples:
It lists many things about each drug, including the drug name, lot number, expiration date, the amount of drug received, used, returned, or thrown away, and the amount left.
(DAR, NCI Dictionary)
They both set off, and the conjectures of the remaining three continued, though with little satisfaction, till the door was thrown open and their visitor entered.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
But not so easily did Elinor recover from the alarm into which it had thrown her.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
You remember the guinea that the young lord had thrown him from the box of the coach?
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The other hand was locked in that of her husband, who held his other arm thrown round her protectingly.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He knew the injustice and greediness of the older dogs when meat or fish was thrown out to be eaten.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were thrown into prison.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He had hated the crowd so, and here all that was finest and most sacred of him had been thrown to the crowd.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Silver had thrown his hat beside him on the ground, and his great, smooth, blond face, all shining with heat, was lifted to the other man's in a kind of appeal.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I should recommend you also to send a note by the cabman to your wife to say that you have thrown in your lot with me.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
