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forethrown

forethrown adjective: thrown forward.

Adjective

forethrown (not comparable)

  1. (rare) thrown forward
    • […] as if in the Parsee Ahab saw his forethrown shadow.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 130, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Origin of forethrown

From fore- + thrown.

Questions about forethrown

What does forethrown mean?
Forethrown means thrown forward.
What part of speech is forethrown?
Forethrown is an adjective.

Words near forethrown in the dictionary

  1. forethreaten
  2. forethreatened
  3. forethreatening
  4. forethreatens
  5. forethroat
  6. forethrown
  7. foretibia
  8. foretibiae
  9. foretibial
  10. foretide
  11. foretides

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