throw

UK /θɹəʊ/US /θɹoʊ/

verb 29
noun 12
forms 11
phrases 20

verb29

to make something fly through the air by letting go of it with force
To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
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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. — 1900
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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 […] — 1941
Synonym of pass.
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To organize an event, especially a party.
- She was known for throwing the craziest parties in college.
To move to another position or condition; to displace.
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To imprison.
- The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail.
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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[…] — 1991
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To intentionally lose a game.
- The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.
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To eject or cause to fall off.
- the horse threw its rider
To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
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(informal) To confuse or mislead.
- The deliberate red herring threw me at first.
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(figurative) To send hastily or desperately.
- Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.
To roll (a die or dice).
To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
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(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.
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To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- O’er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. — 1726
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To make a shape or gesture with the hands.
- I threw scissors but she threw rock and beat me.
- The teens were throwing gang signs.
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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.
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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.” — 2005
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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. — 2009
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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. — 1990
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(slang) 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. — 2009
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To install (a bridge).
- […] across the rapid smaragdus-green waters, pouring onward into the country, are thrown three bridges […] — 1860
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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. — 1916
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To prepare (a cocktail) by pouring liquid between shakers from a height.
- The barman taught me how to throw a cocktail.
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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 — 1829
(Scotland, no longer used) To twist or turn.

noun12

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The act of throwing something.
- With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.
- What a great throw by the quarterback!
The flight of a thrown object.
A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
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(informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
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The distance travelled by something thrown.
- 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. — 1922
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A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- 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. — 1947
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One’s ability to throw.
- He’s always had a pretty decent throw.
Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
(historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
(no longer used) A moment, time, occasion.
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(no longer used) 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. — 1590

forms

throwed · threw · threwest · threwst · thrown · thrun · ythrowe · throwing · throweth · throws · throwest

Phrases with throw