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θruthrew
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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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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
Threw
imp. of Throw
Threw
of Throw
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Threw
thrōō, pa.t. of throw.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'threw' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3227
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'threw' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3578
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of threw in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of threw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of threw in a Sentence
He threw a very powerful side session a couple days ago and didn’t feel anything, but yet he also said he felt a little soreness in the top of his forearm, it might have had a little something to do with that long first inning.
It put me in a rage and I told him to shut up, i didn't think he'd hear me, but he did. He actually got really mad and then he threw an ashtray at me. After that, I insulted him and after that, he rushed back to punch me.
We made mistakes, we turned it over. They made mistakes, turned it over. Jaylen missed a layup at the end, we threw it right to him, we had three turnovers down the stretch, they missed a few shots. It was anybody’s game. We are thrilled that we got the victory. We played hard enough to win.
He threw me out and that's his prerogative, if there was contact, it was 100 percent unintentional.
The back judge threw his flag for defensive pass interference. We got other information from another official from a different angle that thought the contact was minimal and didn’t warrant pass interference. He thought it was face-guarding.
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