throw
verbEtymology
From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”). Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting.
Definitions
To hurl
To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider
To eject or cause to fall off.
- There the snake throws her enamelled skin.
To move to another position or condition
To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- throw the switch
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To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- Through practice, you’ll learn how to add the right amount of water as you throw a pot, and your fingers will feel when the pot has reached the proper thickness.
To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal…
To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.
To intentionally lose a game.
- The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.
- Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
(of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a…
(of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- The pitcher threw a perfect game.
To confuse or mislead.
- The deliberate red herring threw me at first.
- “Jann, why does he hate me so much?” That question threw me. I was expecting a lunatic yelling profanities.
To send hastily or desperately.
- Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.
- Stoke threw men forward in numbers as they attempted to find a way back into the game, and Mark Schwarzer was forced into a low save from Huth's close-range effort.
To imprison.
- The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail.
- The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were thrown into prison.
- The standard method of dealing with an addict was to arrest him, throw him into a cell, and leave him until the agonizing pangs of withdrawal were over.
To organize an event, especially a party.
- She was known for throwing the craziest parties in college.
- And now, Clevelanders hoping to bring the Rock Roll Hall of Fame to their city are throwing a bash to commemorate the 34th birthday of disc Jockey Alan Freed’s “Moondog Coronation Ball”.
- Should you be interested, for whatever reason, it will tell you how to throw a party for your 40-year-old husband or your 100-year-old great-grandmother. It also describes games that can be played at various kinds of parties[…]
To roll (a die or dice).
To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
To discard.
- Declarer threw his queen of spades on the high diamond. He then won the last three tricks with his ace, queen and nine of hearts behind East’s jack third.
To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground,…
To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone…
To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- “Then, when I throw my voice, when I speak as someone who’s quite different from me, it starts to feel very authentic.”
To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- Bill runs into the kitchen and tells Dad that Erik is throwing a tantrum. He tells Bill to go back and watch his program and to ignore his brother. Fifteen minutes later, Erik is still screaming[…]
- In 1975, pregnant with the second of her three children, she threw a hissy fit to get on a trip to Boston for elected officials.
To project or send forth.
- Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer’s office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
- In other European cities the president visited this week, people waited for his motorcade to pass to throw insults at him, requiring the police to intervene with batons, water cannons and tear gas.
To put on hastily
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- O’er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw.
To prepare (a cocktail) by pouring liquid between shakers from a height.
- The barman taught me how to throw a cocktail.
To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread
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.
- A person named Crocket endeavoured to throw silk at Derby in the year 1702 ; but his machinery was imperfect
To select (a pitcher)
To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- I have a minor quibble with Gleason’s decision to throw Lefty Williams in Game Eight with the Series in the balance.
To install (a bridge).
- […] across the rapid smaragdus-green waters, pouring onward into the country, are thrown three bridges […]
To twist or turn.
- a thrown nail
Synonym of pass.
To deliver.
- […] not only did I not want to throw a punch at him, I wanted to give him a solid silver token of thanks […]
Of animals
Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- At the end of the normal gestation period the cow threw two calf mummies as large as cats.
- They can kid twice a year if things are right, and they often throw twins and triplets.
The act of throwing something.
- With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.
- What a great throw by the quarterback!
- The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.
A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the…
A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
One’s ability to throw.
- He’s always had a pretty decent throw.
The distance travelled by something thrown.
- a stone's throw
- Only on the north-east may aught save a winged thing come at the castle, across a smooth grass-grown saddle less than a stone’s throw in width.
The flight of a thrown object.
A distance travelled in general
A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- the throw of the piston
- The visibility of the screen image is affected by the length of throw of the projector, the type of projector, the intensity of the projector lamp, and the type of the screen.
A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion…
Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
A moment, time, occasion.
A period of time
A period of time; a while.
- Downe himselfe he layd Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a throw; The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow.
Obsolete spelling of throe.
- O man haue mind of that laſt bitter throw; For as the tree does fall, ſo lyes it euer low.
- [Valerius] Cordus ſaith, that Iuncus bombicinus ſodden in wine, and ſo taken, helpeth the throwes and gripings of the bellie, that women haue in their childing.
The neighborhood
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- antonymcatch
- neighborcatapult
- neighbordirect
- neighborfire
- neighborpropel
- neighborsend
- neighborbowl
- neighboregg
- neighborflight
- neighborflip
- neighborthrow down
Derived
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at throw. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at throw. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at throw
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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