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thrown

/θɹoʊn/ adjective A2
  1. Launched by throwing. · a thrown weapon
  2. Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
  3. Confused; perplexed. (slang) · I was totally thrown by his bizarre remarks.
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Diana left me to stir it while she buttered the plates and I forgot and let it burn; and then when we set it out on the platform to cool the cat walked over one plate and that had to be thrown away.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 143 · C1
But it seems you have come back rich, my boy,” continued the tailor, looking askance at the handful of gold and silver which Dantès had thrown on the table.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 16 · C1
A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 44 · B2
Suddenly, he felt an arm thrown around his body, and a well-known voice behind him exclaimed, “Father—dear father!”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 12 · C1

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