throw

Meaning

Verb

1. (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.
2. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
3. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
4. (transitive) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
5. (transitive) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
6. (transitive) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
7. To intentionally lose a game.
8. (transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
9. (informal, transitive) To confuse or mislead.
10. (figuratively, transitive) To send hastily or desperately.
11. (transitive) To imprison.
12. (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
13. (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
14. (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
15. (transitive) To discard.
16. To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
17. (transitive) 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.
18. (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
19. (transitive) To project or send forth.
20. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
21. 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.
22. (slang, usually) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
23. (transitive) To install (a bridge).
24. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) To twist or turn.
25. Synonym of pass.
26. (transitive) To deliver.
27. (transitive) Of animals: to give birth to (young).

Noun

1. The act of throwing something.
2. A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
3. One’s ability to throw.
4. The distance travelled by something thrown.
5. The flight of a thrown object.
6. A distance travelled in general; displacement.
7. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
8. (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
9. Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
10. (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
2. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of throe.

Synonyms

cast

toss

fling

hurl

pitch

discard

shoot

sling

drop

throw away

launch

scatter

strike

abandon

project

chuck

heave

discombobulate

dash

💨

throwing

bemuse

discharge

shed

send

bewilder

thrust

throw out

shy

castaway

give

flip

stroke

beat

sow

cast off

confuse

hit

reject

put

roll

throw off

pour

fall

make

pelt

confound

cast away

fire

🔥

fuddle

head

Translations

jeter

werfen

tirar

lancer

echar

gettare

lanzar

lanciare

werpen

gooien

lançar

arrojar

atirar

buttare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹəʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: throwen

Inherited from Old English: þrāwan

Cognate with Scots: thraw

Cognate with Western Frisian: triuwe

Cognate with Dutch: draaien

Cognate with Low German: draien

Cognate with German: drehen

In summary

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.

Sentences

Please never throw salami pizza away .