Throw

[θrəʊ] or [θro]

Definition

(noun.) the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); 'the catcher made a good throw to second base'.

(noun.) casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly; 'he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice'.

(noun.) bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something.

(noun.) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam.

(noun.) a single chance or instance; 'he couldn't afford $50 a throw'.

(verb.) throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; 'Throw a six'.

(verb.) place or put with great energy; 'She threw the blanket around the child'; 'thrust the money in the hands of the beggar'.

(verb.) propel through the air; 'throw a frisbee'.

(verb.) cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; 'switch on the light'; 'throw the lever'.

(verb.) cause to fall off; 'The horse threw its inexperienced rider'.

(verb.) make on a potter's wheel; 'she threw a beautiful teapot'.

(verb.) move violently, energetically, or carelessly; 'She threw herself forwards'.

(verb.) to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly; 'Jane threw dinner together'; 'throw the car into reverse'.

Edited by Julia--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

(n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.

(v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.

(v. t.) To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.

(v. t.) To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.

(v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.

(v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

(v. t.) To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

(v. t.) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

(v. t.) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

(v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

(v. t.) To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.

(v. t.) To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.

(v. t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, 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.

(v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.

(n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.

(n.) A stroke; a blow.

(n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.

(n.) A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.

(n.) An effort; a violent sally.

(n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.

(n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).

(n.) A turner's lathe; a throwe.

(n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.

Checker: Mandy

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Cast, hurl, launch, fling, send, toss, pitch, sling, dart, lance, propel, SHY, jaculate, project, let fly.[2]. Put, spread.[3]. Overturn, prostrate, throw down, lay flat.

n. [1]. Fling, cast, toss.[2]. Jigger, potter's wheel.

Checker: Terrance

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Fling, cast, hurl, toss, project, propel

ANT:retain, recal, revoke, hold, restrain, draw, haul

Typist: Michael

Definition

v.t. to hurl: to fling: to wind or twist together as yarn: to form on a wheel as pottery: to venture at dice: to put off: to put on or spread carelessly: to cast down in wrestling.—v.i. to cast or hurl: to cast dice:—pa.t. threw (thrōō); pa.p. thrōwn.—n. the act of throwing; a cast esp. of dice: the distance to which anything may be thrown: a violent effort.—ns. Throw′er; Throw′ing-tā′ble a potter's wheel.—adj. Thrown twisted.—ns. Thrown′-silk organzine silk thread formed by twisting together two or more threads or singles; Throw′ster one who throws silk: a gambler; Throw′-stick a weapon thrown whirling from the hand as the boomerang.—Throw about (Spens.) to cast about or try expedients; Throw away to lose by neglect or folly to spend in vain to reject; Throw back to retort to refuse: to revert to some ancestral character to show atavism; Throw by to reject to lay aside as of no use; Throw down to destroy to subvert: to depress; Throw in to inject as a fluid to put in or deposit along with others to add as an extra; Throw light on to make clear; Throw off to expel to reject to renounce: to give forth in an unpremeditated manner; Throw on to put on hastily; Throw one's self into to engage heartily in; Throw one's self on or upon to cast one's confidence upon to resign one's self to; Throw open to cause to swing wide open to make freely accessible; Throw out to cast out to reject to expel: to emit to utter carelessly to cause to project: to put into confusion to confuse: to distance leave behind; Throw over to discard or desert; Throw up to hoist or raise to raise hastily: to enlarge as a picture reflected on a screen: to give up to resign: to vomit.

Checked by Adrienne