throw
IPA: θrˈoʊ
noun
- The flight of a thrown object.
- The act of throwing something.
- One's ability to throw.
- A distance travelled; displacement.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- (veterinary medicine) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
- (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
- (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
- Obsolete spelling of throe [A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.]
verb
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one's hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one's role is throwing something) to perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send desperately.
- (transitive) To imprison.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive, intransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
- (American football) Synonym of pass
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- Obsolete spelling of throe [(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.]
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Examples of "throw" in Sentences
- The pitcher must throw the ball.
- People throw the rock at the king.
- People throw litters on the street.
- Do not throw chopsticks on the table.
- He throws the chest into the fireplace.
- Pie throwing is for the weak and infantile.
- The player takes the matchbox and throws it.
- The throwing of the dice is done with a jade.
- The third is synchronous, when both hands throw at the same time.
- The girls cover themselves and throw forbidding hand gestures towards the boy.
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