Thrown

Definition: Thrown

Thrown

Adjective

1. Caused to fall to the ground; "the thrown rider got back on his horse"; "a thrown wrestler"; "a ball player thrown for a loss".

2. (archaic) twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread; "thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn".

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Date "thrown" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Mining

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Synonym: Thrown

Difficulty

Reduced to straits; hard pressed, sorely pressed; run hard; pinched, put to it, straitened; hard up, hard put to it, hard set; put to one's shifts; puzzled, at a loss; (uncertain); at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill; graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground; stuck fast, set fast; up a tree, at bay, aux abois, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall; au bout de son Latin; out of one's depth; thrown out.

Dissuasion

Pretense; (untruth); put off, dust thrown in the eyes; blind; moonshine; mere pretext, shallow pretext; lame excuse, lame apology; tub to a whale; false plea, sour grapes; makeshift, shift, white lie; special pleading; (sophistry); soft sawder; (flattery).

Failure

Wide of the mark; (error); out of one's reckoning; (inexpectation); left in the lurch; thrown away; (wasted); unattained; uncompleted.

Frustrated, crossed, unhinged, disconcerted dashed; thrown off one's balance, thrown on one's back, thrown on one's beam ends; unhorsed, in a sorry plight; hard hit.

Inferiority

Adjective: inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate; (imperfect); sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to.

Inutility

Adjective: useless, inutile, inefficacious, futile, unavailing, bootless; inoperative; inadequate; (insufficient); inservient, unsubservient; inept, inefficient; (impotent); of no avail; (use); ineffectual; (failure); incompetent; (unskillful); " stale, flat and unprofitable"; superfluous; (redundant); dispensable; thrown away; (wasted); abortive; (immature).

Irresolution

Verb: be irresolute; Adjective: hang in suspense, keep in suspense; leave "ad referendum"; think twice about, pause; dawdle; (inactivity); remain neuter; dillydally, hesitate, boggle, hover, dacker, hum and haw, demur, not know one's own mind; debate, balance; dally with, coquet with; will and will not, chaser-balancer; go halfway, compromise, make a compromise; be thrown off one's balance, stagger like a drunken man; be afraid; let "I dare not" wait upon "I would"; falter, waver

Crosswords: Thrown

he was thrown out of a lot of colleges (Citizen Kane; writing credit: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles)

A trillion tons of rock and dust were thrown into the atmosphere, creating a cloud the sun was powerless to penetrate for a thousand years (Armageddon; writing credit: Robert Roy Pool; Jonathan Hensleigh)

If you ever come back, I will have you thrown out (Victor/Victoria; writing credit: Blake Edwards; Hans Hoemburg)

Well, I have been thrown out of better places than this (The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour; writing credit: Bob Carroll Jr.; Madelyn Davis)

That breeder woman, has she been thrown a mate yet (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; writing credit: Burt Shevelove; Larry Gelbart)

Get thrown in the mix and tossed out of bars (Cowboy; performing artist: KID ROCK)

With nothing broken, nothing thrown (Luka; performing artist: Suzanne Vega)

Thrown to the Lions (1916)

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Books

• Into This World We're Thrown (reference)

• Nine Fairy Tales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure (European Classics) (reference)

• Researches into the lost histories of America; or, The zodiac shown to be an old terrestrial map in which the Atlantic isle is dejineated; so that light can be thrown upon the obscure histories of the earthworks and ruined cities of America (LC History-Am (reference)

• Spirit of the Stone Thrown to the Bottom of a Lake (reference)

• Thrown Among Strangers: The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California (reference)

  (more book examples)

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The live bait is thrown into the sprayed area to draw the tuna towards the boat. Credit: Fisheries.

Air Force Falcons wide receiver Ryan Fleming, playing with a separated shoulder, catches a pass thrown by quarterback Mike Thiessen. The Falcons came up short in their overtime loss 34-31 against Notre Dame's Fighting Irish, Oct. 28. (P.; photo by Staff. Sgt..

"Pencil sketch from Photograph of The wreck of the German, 'Adler', thrown on the reef on her beam ends" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German gunboat Adler as she lay on the western side of Apia Harbor, following the storm. Credit: NAVY.

"The Adler thrown on her beam ends on the reefs." Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the German gunboat Adler as she was after the storm. Credit: NAVY.

Wallpaper design number fifty three, by Messrs. Virchaux & Co. Border for number fifty two. A drapery supported by a crescent, the sides folding around a rosette, a garland of vine leaves thrown over the drapery. Credit: Library of Congress.

Carthage, Tunisia. American Army chaplains inspecting the ruins of the Roman arena where Christian martyrs were thrown to the lions. The altar later erected on the site had been used as a bivouac by German troops. Credit: Library of Congress.

Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Stripping wire clean of its rubber is a law now. Even these small lengths of wire which at one time were thrown out will be stripped of all its rubber insulation which will then be reclaimes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The "dangerous class," the social scum, that passively rotting mass thrown off by the lowest layers of old society, may, here and there, be swept into the movement by a proletarian revolution; its conditions of life, however, prepare it far more for the part of a bribed tool of reactionary intrigue. (reference)

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It seemed quite a shame, especially considering how many houses there are where fine instruments are absolutely thrown away

So they got thrown out to sea.

An old man, named Father Fauchelevent, had fallen under his cart, his horse being thrown down

He wondered from which window Hamilton Rowan had thrown his hat on the haha and had there been flowerbeds at that time under the windows

Tent flaps were thrown back and people moved about in the streets

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Health

Yet each of the components can be thrown out of step by a different genetic mutation. (references)

Business

The former are normally recycled, but the vast majority of the latter are thrown away, a situation which will have to change in coming years if, as expected, EU legislation sets specific collection and recycling targets. (references)

It is estimated that around 600 million consumer batteries are thrown away each year, representing between 20,000 and 40,000 tons. The UK has no facilities for recycling these batteries, and there is little value in the materials that they contain. (references)

Civil Liberties

Argentina

Previously Oeschger had received telephone threats and stones were thrown at his house. (references)

Bangladesh

Bombs also were thrown at buses carrying Awami League activists to the National Parade Grounds where they had scheduled a rally. (references)

Bangladesh

Six persons were injured when bombs were thrown at an Awami League procession, led by M.P. Haji Selim in the Lalbagh district of Dhaka. (references)

Economic History

India

In 1992, data communications and value added services were thrown open to private participation. (references)

Sudan

In February 1989, the army presented Sadiq with an ultimatum: he could move toward peace or be thrown out. (references)

Zambia

In 2001, the first full year of a privatized industry, Zambia recorded its first year of increased productivity since 1973. The future of the copper industry in Zambia was thrown into doubt in January 2002 by investors in Zambia's largest copper mines, who have yet to return the privatized assets to profitability. (references)

Human Rights

Somalia

On February 16, a grenade was thrown into the compound of African Action Help (AAH), an NGO, in Qardho. (references)

Somalia

On September 25, in Borama, Somaliland, a grenade was thrown into the office of Somaliland's ruling party, the UDUB. (references)

Uganda

On March 17, a hand grenade thrown at pedestrians near Kampala's Old Taxi Park killed one person and injured four others. (references)

Minorities

Ethiopia

More than 20 persons were injured by thrown rocks and stray bullets. (references)

United Kingdom

A blast bomb also was thrown at police seeking to protect the children. (references)

Moldova

In April and July, small bombs were thrown into a synagogue in Transnistria, causing minor damage. (references)

Political Economy

Albania

The country was again thrown into turmoil in September 1998, when political violence forced the Prime Minister to flee the country. (references)

Georgia

However, continued fiscal mismanagement has thrown Georgia off track with the IMF after three months on a new program and a successful Paris Club external debt rescheduling. (references)

Political Rights

Nigeria

These votes may have added an estimated 15 percent to Obasanjo's total figure; however, observers believe that even if they were thrown out, he still would have maintained roughly a 15 percent lead over Falae's total. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "thrown": be thrown ♦ be thrown about ♦ be thrown away ♦ be thrown off one's balance ♦ be thrown upon one's own resources ♦ be thrown upon oneself ♦ thrown and twisted ♦ thrown away ♦ thrown down ♦ thrown out ♦ thrown overboard ♦ thrown silk ♦ thrown silk thread ♦ Thrown singles ♦ thrown yarn. Additional references.

Beginning with "thrown": thrown-away, thrown-in, thrown-up.

Ending with "thrown": fowler-thrown, hand-thrown, wheel-thrown.

Arabic 

‏مرمي (goal). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хвърлен. (various references)

Chinese 

投掷 (Darted, Darting, Pelted, Pelting, slinging, Slung, Threw, throw, Throwing, thrown-away, Throw-off). (various references)

Czech

min.èas od throw (threw). (various references)

Danish

tvundet garn (thrown yarn, twisted yarn), tvunden silke (thrown silk), snoet garn (plied yarn, thrown yarn, twisted yarn), den sejgrede smelte,der blev forkastet af krystallerne,maa genfindes eet eller andet sted i blokken (the segregated liquid thrown out by the crystals has to reappear somewhere in the ingot). (various references)

Dutch

getwist garen (thrown yarn, twisted yarn), gemoulineerde zijde (thrown silk), gemoulineerd garen (thrown yarn, twisted yarn), de uitgescheiden smelt,die door de kristallen wordt losgelaten,moet ergens anders in het blok weer te voorschijn komen (the segregated liquid thrown out by the crystals has to reappear somewhere in the ingot). (various references)

Finnish

syöksyä (be thrown, dash, fall, plunge, rush, throw oneself, topple), pudota hevosten selästä (be thrown from one's horse, fall off one's horse), pää kenossa (with one's head thrown back), joutua pois tasapainosta (be thrown off balance). (various references)

French

jetés, jetées, jeté (throw). (various references)

German

gezwirnt, geworfen (flinged, foaled, threw, tossed, warped, whelped), geschmissene, geschmißen. (various references)

Greek 

μετοχή του throw. (various references)

Hebrew 

מושלך (cast aside, discarded, thrown away), להקלע (be shot, be thrown). (various references)

Hungarian

kiakaszt (hang out, threw, to freak sy out, to hang out, to throw, to unhinge, to unhook, to zap, unhinge, unhook), eldob (cast, discard, fling away, put off, threw, throw away, to abject, to cast away, to chuck, to chuck away, to discard, to throw, to throw away, to throw off), ellik (farrow, threw, to drop, to farrow, to foal, to kid, to throw, to yean), földhöz csap (threw, to floor, to lay low, to throw), földhöz vág (knock down, threw, to floor, to knock down, to lay low, to throw), hány (how many, how many/much, how much, puke, threw, to barf, to be sick, to cat, to dump one's load, to puke, to shoot the cat, to sputter, to throw, to throw up, to vomit, vomit), hirtelen összezavar (threw, to throw), dobott (cast), kölykezik (cub, threw, to litter, to throw, to whelp, whelp), vet (cast, hove, launch, project, sow, threw, throw, to dart, to get in, to heave, to let fly, to put down, to shadow, to shy, to throw, to trip), kibuktat (threw, to floor, to throw, to unseat), kifektet (threw, to coldcock, to cold-cock, to crack sy up, to floor, to throw), kiformál (elaborate, threw, to throw), kockázik (dice, threw, to dice, to play the dice, to throw), ledöbbent (threw, to floor, to psych sy out, to throw), megdöbbent (aghast, appall, astonish, astound, dismay, dumbfound, dumbfounded, flabbergast, flummox, stupefied, take aback, threw, thunderstruck, to appal, to appall, to dismay, to dumbfound, to dumfound, to flabbergast, to flummox, to flurry, to petrify, to stupefy, to throw), megfon (threw, to throw), hullat (shed, threw, to shed, to throw). (various references)

Indonesian

tertendang (be set aside, kicked). (various references)

Italian

gettato (foaled), buttato. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

飛礫 (spitball, thrown rock), 目潰し (thing thrown in someone's eyes in order to blind), 投物 (liquidation, sacrifice goods, things thrown), 投げ物 (liquidation, sacrifice goods, things thrown), 棄老 (old person thrown away in the mountains), 宝の持ち腐れ (pearls thrown before swine). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たからのもちぐされ (pearls thrown before swine), なげもの (liquidation, sacrifice goods, things thrown), きろう (crude Japan wax, old person thrown away in the mountains), つぶて (spitball, throwing stones, thrown rock), めつぶし (thing thrown in someone's eyes in order to blind). (various references)

Korean 

던지는 (Flung, Plunged, Slung, Tossed). (various references)

Manx

tilgit (cast, launched, miscarried, projected, shed, spewed, vomited), lhieggit (downed, fallen, hewn, tumbled). (various references)

Pig Latin

ownthray.(various references)

Portuguese

seda fiada (spun silk, thrown silk), o líquido segregado rejeitado pelos cristais deve reaparecer em qualquer parte no lingote (the segregated liquid thrown out by the crystals has to reappear somewhere in the ingot), fio simples obtido por torçao de filamentos (thrown yarn, twisted yarn). (various references)

Romanian

participiu trecut de la throw. (various references)

Russian 

бросать (cast, cast off, на корме, dart, dash, drop, dump, fling, give over, give up, heave, hurl, jilt, launch, pitched, plant, project, put, quit, relinquish, shoot, slam down, slinging, slings, slung, threw, throw, throw over, toss). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

particip proš. od throw, odbačen (cast off, castoff, derelict, dump, forlorn, off-cast, reject, turndown), bačen. (various references)

Spanish

pp de throw. (various references)

Turkish

fırlatılmış, bükülmüş (bended, bent, spun, twisted), atılmış (castaway). (various references)

Turkmen 

taюlandy. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự vứt (fling, flung, threw, throw), sự quăng (cast, fling, flung, threw, throw), sự ném (fling, flung, pitch, threw, throw). (various references)

iacta, iacula, iaculi, iaculis, iaculo, iaculum, iam. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "thrown": misthrown, outthrown, overthrown, upthrown. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Thrown" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Etherow, therow, thhrown, Thiounn, thor, thrawn, throbn, throwen, throwt, thruw, Trecwn, Treowen, trowen. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: north, rowth, thorn, throw, whort, worth, wroth.

-2 letters: horn, nowt, thro, torn, town, trow, wont, worn, wort.

-3 letters: hon, hot, how, noh, nor, not, now, nth, ort, own, rho, rot, row, tho, ton, tor, tow, two, who, won, wot.

-4 letters: ho, no, oh, on, or, ow, to, wo.

+2 letters: hawthorn, honewort, hornwort, ingrowth, throwing, unworthy, upthrown, worthing.

+3 letters: downright, handwrote, hawthorns, honeworts, hornworts, ingrowths, misthrown, nongrowth, northward, northwest, nowhither, outthrown, whereinto, whereunto, windthrow.

+4 letters: antigrowth, brownshirt, newsworthy, northwards, northwests, noteworthy, overthrown, pennyworth, unworthier, unworthies, unworthily, upthrowing, windthrows, worthiness.

+5 letters: brownshirts, downhearted, downrightly, growthiness, handwrought, intergrowth, misthrowing, netherworld, northwester, outthrowing, outwhirling, pennyworths, thankworthy, undergrowth, unseaworthy, unworthiest, weatherworn, withindoors.