threw (verb)

  • 1threw / through —    Although these two words are pronounced the same, threw is the past tense of the verb throw, meaning tossed, hurled in the air : Morty threw the keys to the car to McKinley.    Through is a preposition meaning entering the inside of something… …

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  • 2threw / through —    Although these two words are pronounced the same, threw is the past tense of the verb throw, meaning tossed, hurled in the air : Morty threw the keys to the car to McKinley.    Through is a preposition meaning entering the inside of something… …

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  • 3threw — /θru / (say throoh) verb past tense of throw …

  • 4Serial verb construction — The serial verb construction is a syntactic phenomenon common to many African and Asian languages. In this construction, two or more verbs can be juxtaposed in one clause, sharing the same subject (or subject and object) and tense aspect modality …

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  • 5Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… …

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  • 6Reflexive verb — In grammar, a reflexive verb is a verb whose semantic agent and patient (typically represented syntactically by the subject and the direct object) are the same. For example, the English verb to perjure is reflexive, since one can only perjure… …

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  • 7o|ver|threw — «OH vuhr THROO», verb. the past tense of overthrow …

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  • 8throw out — verb 1. force to leave or move out (Freq. 3) He was expelled from his native country • Syn: ↑expel, ↑kick out • Derivationally related forms: ↑expulsion (for: ↑expel) …

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  • 9throw away — verb 1. throw or cast away (Freq. 5) Put away your worries • Syn: ↑discard, ↑fling, ↑toss, ↑toss out, ↑toss away, ↑chuck out, ↑cast aside …

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  • 10throw off — verb 1. get rid of (Freq. 2) he shed his image as a pushy boss shed your clothes • Syn: ↑shed, ↑cast, ↑cast off, ↑shake off, ↑throw, ↑ …

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