throw
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: throws
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: throwing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: threw
pos: verb
tags: past
form: throwed
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
past
form: thrown
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: throwed
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: threw
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: throw
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: throw
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: threw
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: throw
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: throwest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: threw
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: threwst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: throws
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: throweth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: threw
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: throw
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: threw
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: throw
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: threw
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: throw
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: throwing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: thrown
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: thrun
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
participle
past
form: throws
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider
When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
gloss: To eject or cause to fall off.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: There the snake throws her enamelled skin.
gloss: To move to another position or condition; to displace.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: throw the switch
This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.
gloss: To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.
gloss: To intentionally lose a game.
pos: verb
examples: 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.
gloss: (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The pitcher threw a perfect game.
gloss: To confuse or mislead.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To send hastily or desperately.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To imprison.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To organize an event, especially a party.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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[…]
gloss: To roll (a die or dice).
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw the highest should have the district. The Swedish king threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw.
gloss: To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw the highest should have the district. The Swedish king threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw.
gloss: To discard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
pos: verb
examples: So they stood up, and wrastled another while in silence. Soon the King made trial once again of the fall whereby he had sought to throw him in the first bout, twisting suddenly his right side against Goldry, and catching with his leg Goldry’s leg, and therewith leaning against him with main force.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: “Then, when I throw my voice, when I speak as someone who’s quite different from me, it starts to feel very authentic.”
gloss: To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To project or send forth.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To make a shape or gesture with the hands.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I threw scissors but she threw rock and beat me.
The teens were throwing gang signs.
gloss: To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
pos: verb
examples: O’er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw.
gloss: To prepare (a cocktail) by pouring liquid between shakers from a height.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The barman taught me how to throw a cocktail.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
examples: A person named Crocket endeavoured to throw silk at Derby in the year 1702 ; but his machinery was imperfect
gloss: To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
pos: verb
tags: slang
usually
examples: I have a minor quibble with Gleason’s decision to throw Lefty Williams in Game Eight with the Series in the balance.
gloss: To install (a bridge).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] across the rapid smaragdus-green waters, pouring onward into the country, are thrown three bridges […]
gloss: To twist or turn.
pos: verb
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
obsolete
examples: a thrown nail
gloss: Synonym of pass.
pos: verb
gloss: To deliver.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] not only did I not want to throw a punch at him, I wanted to give him a solid silver token of thanks […]
gloss: Of animals: to give birth to (young).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: The act of throwing something.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.
gloss: A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
pos: noun
gloss: One’s ability to throw.
pos: noun
examples: He’s always had a pretty decent throw.
gloss: The distance travelled by something thrown.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: The flight of a thrown object.
pos: noun
gloss: A distance travelled in general; displacement.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
pos: noun
gloss: A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
gloss: Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
pos: noun
gloss: A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Synonyms: bung
cast
chuck
chunk
cook
dash
dump
feck
fling
jerk
heave
hield
hoy
huck
hurl
hurtle
launch
lob
peck
peg
pick
pitch
precipitate
project
quoit
shy
slight
skew
sling
thrill
throw
toss
traject
warp
whang
whip
whop
wing
yeet
Antonyms: catch
Derived words: bethrow
dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians
forthrow
like throwing a hot dog down a hallway
like throwing a sausage down a hallway
offthrow
outthrow
overthrow
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
thirl
throller
throwability
throwable
throw a bone to
throw about
throw a fit
throw a kiss
throw a mickey
throw a monkey wrench in the works
throw a monkey wrench into the works
throw an ant into a sty
throw an eye
throw a party
throw a sickie
throw aside
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner into the works
throw a sprat to catch a mackerel
throw a tantrum
throw away
throw-away
throw away the key
throw a wet blanket on
throw a wobbly
throw a wrench in
throw a wrench in the gears
throw a wrench in the works
throw a wrench into the works
throwback
throw back
throw bag
throw BBs
throw by
throw caution to the wind
throw chunks
throw cold water on
throw-crook
throw dirt
throw dirt on
throw down
throw down one's tools
throw down the gauntlet
throw dust in someone's eyes
throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick
throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
throw everything at the wall and see what sticks
throw for a loop
throw gasoline on the fire
throw gas on the fire
throw good money after bad
throw hands
throw in
throw in at the deep end
throwing
throw in one's hand
throw in one's lot with
throw in the bark
throw in the cards
throw in the sponge
throw in the towel
throw into a cocked hat
throw in with
throw it back
throw light on
throw like a girl
throw line
throw money around
throw nickels around like manhole covers
throw off
throw off balance
throw off on
throw off the trail
throw on
throw one's cap over the windmill
throw oneself at
throw oneself behind
throw oneself into
throw oneself on
throw oneself on someone's mercy not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of
throw oneself upon
throw one's hat in the ring
throw one's hat into the ring
throw one's hat over the fence
throw one's hat over the wall
throw one's hat over the windmill
throw one's hotdog down someone's hallway
throw one's luck in with
throw one's name in the hat
throw one's rattle out of the cot
throw one's rattle out of the pram
throw one's toys out of the cot
throw one's toys out of the pram
throw one's voice
throw one's weight around
throw one's weight behind
throw open
throw out
throw overboard
throw pearls before swine
throw shapes
throw someone a curveball
throw someone a rope
throw stones
throw tantrums
throw the baby out with the bathwater
throw the book at
throw the bull
throw the bull around
throw the handkerchief
throw the hatchet
throw them bows
throw the rulebook at
throw things at the wall and see what sticks
throw together
throw to the dogs
throw to the lions
throw to the wind
throw to the winds
throw to the wolves
throw true
throw under a bus
throw under the bus
throw up
throw up one's hands
throw up the sponge
throw up to
throw wobblies
trust someone as far as one could throw them
underthrow
upthrow
counterthrow
misthrow
rethrow
throward
throwball
throwbox
throwee
a stone's throw
backside throw
bike throw
body throw
corner throw
discus throw
downthrow
flip throw
forced throw
free throw
hammer throw
javelin throw
long throw
penalty throw
saving throw
stonesthrow
stone's throw
throw blanket
throw board
throwboard
throw-in
throw lathe
throwline
throw-off
throw of the dice
throw-out
throw pillow
throwster
throw-up
throw-weight
two-throw
windthrow
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