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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Threwpreterite of throw.

    A broken rock the force of Pyrrhus threw:
    Full on his ankle fell the pond’rous stone,
    Burst the strong nerves, and crash’d the solid bone. Alexander Pope.

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  1. threw

    The word "threw" is the simple past tense of the verb "throw." It refers to the action of propelling or launching an object through the air with force, using one's arm or hand.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Threw

    imp. of Throw

  2. Threw

    of Throw

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Threw

    thrōō, pa.t. of throw.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Threw' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3227

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Threw' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3578

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Threw in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Threw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Threw in a Sentence

  1. Melvin Upton Jr:

    I was trying to get him on the plate, trying to have a good at-bat, he threw fastballs and kind of left one over the plate a little bit, and I didn't try to do too much with it.

  2. Brian Johnson:

    She was screaming,' Everyone pray, everyone pray. Oh, my God, my baby, someone threw him over the edge,'.

  3. Tom Roseen:

    Retail investors threw the baby out with the bath water, people are getting out of the way of a rate hike.

  4. Mohammad Khalekuzzaman:

    A group of Rohingya, along with local residents, opened fire and threw stones at us.

  5. Ashley Wrenn:

    My neighbor Albert got a ladder. My grandfather climbed the ladder quick. He pushed the guy to a corner of the roof and threw him off the roof.

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