THREW
What does "THREW" mean?
Past tense of 'throw': propelled something through the air with the hand.
Meanings
- Past tense of throw: sent something through the air with a motion of the arm. She threw the ball across the yard.
- Past tense of throw, in extended senses such as casting, directing, or putting suddenly. The news threw him into a panic.
Did you know?
- 'Threw' and 'through' sound identical but share no ancestry - one comes from a word meaning 'to twist', the other from a word meaning 'across'.
Word origin
The past tense of 'throw', from Old English 'þrāwan' (to twist, turn), which only later took the sense of hurling; 'threw' preserves the old strong-verb vowel change.
Remember it
THREW is THROW with the 'o-w' swapped for 'e-w', the same vowel jump as grow-grew and know-knew.
A little poem
He threw the stone and watched it climb,
then fall, and learned the weight of time.
couplet
Wordplay
- I threw a clock out the window to see time fly. It went straight through.
What it teaches
Once a thing is thrown it answers only to gravity; choose your release as carefully as your aim.
Quick facts
What does THREW mean?
Past tense of 'throw': propelled something through the air with the hand.
Is THREW a valid word?
Yes — THREW is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is THREW?
THREW has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does THREW come from?
The past tense of 'throw', from Old English 'þrāwan' (to twist, turn), which only later took the sense of hurling; 'threw' preserves the old strong-verb vowel change.
What can THREW teach us?
Once a thing is thrown it answers only to gravity; choose your release as carefully as your aim.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.