Meaning

  1. (form-of, past) simple past of throw
  2. (colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past) past participle of throw

throw

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/θɹuː/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English threw, from Old English þrēaw (first and third person past tense of þrāwan), from West Germanic *þreu, from Northwest Germanic *þrerō, from Proto-Germanic *þeþrō (first and third person past tense of *þrēaną), reduplication of *þrēaną.

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