throw

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

1. The flight of a thrown object.
2. The act of throwing something.
3. One's ability to throw.
4. A distance travelled; displacement.
5. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
6. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
7. The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

Noun

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

Noun

Obsolete spelling of throe.

Concepts

throw

cast

toss

fling

hurl

pitch

discard

shoot

sling

drop

throw away

scatter

launch

strike

abandon

project

chuck

heave

dash

discombobulate

throwing

bemuse

shed

send

discharge

bewilder

flip

give

thrust

throw out

shy

castaway

confuse

sow

hit

cast off

stroke

beat

reject

confound

cast away

fall

throw off

make

put

roll

pelt

pour

fire

lob

propel

shake

casting

sprinkle

swing

hurl at

shake off

smash

pour out

shot

fuddle

hold

bowl

push

head

fell

knock

pull out

spit

baffle

mystify

perplex

lash

spill

toss out

flick

strew

slam

bet

dice

stake

twist

direct

send forth

bedevil

befuddle

fox

switch

contrive

have

cam stroke

bung

build

fling away

dismiss

round

fly

dart

buck

kick

boat

pluck off

sky

belt

blow

slap

blanket

cover

spread

throw down

hit against

smite

release

spit up

contemplate

design

plan

get rid of

flash

startle

amaze

astonish

discompose

dumbfound

floor

nonplus

puzzle

stagger

stun

surprise

barrage

catapult

plop

increase

slap something onto

invest

lose

splash

emit

illuminate

shine

jerk

whip

disseminate

slog

spin

attach

cling

place

suspend

agitate

dispatch

let go

fling at

offer

precipitate

chunk

cob

out

overthrow

peg

coverlet

rug

risk

go

sire

unseat

overcome

exert

trundle

wheel

whirl

deliver

let out

throw stones

tip

waste

cast out

evacuate

sack

vacate

refuse

leave

range

fleet

wing

hail

eccentric distance

eccentricity

offsetting distance

drift rate

length of stroke

stroke of punch

travel

projection

drive

impel

motivation

move

promote

push forward

amplitude of oscillation

maximum deflection

range of oscillation

ferry

break

de-energize

discon

disconnect

disconnection

disjunction

displacement of fault

interrupt

off

open

opening

separation

switch off

switching off

throw-off

turn off

turn-off

cut-out

crank throw

bewitch

hit with missile

throw around

aimed

unaimed

leave off

winnow

hurt

expel

spoil

throw at

hurl against

hand over

toss up

spend

use

wear

dropping

vomit

pick

buffalo

flummox

bamboozle

bluff

bluff out

snow

abash

churn

dazzle

discomfit

disconcert

disorient

excite

mix up

muddle

obscure

riddle

roil

shake up

stimulate

stir

stump

unsettle

dish

skew

indulge

plunge

prostrate

pass

passing

riposte

bang

bash

bump

campaign

clout

concussion

impingement

jab

knockdown

percussion

shock

article

bit

body

fragment

item

paragraph

passage

piece

scrap

section

solid

song

statute title

title

circle

circuit

frame

lap

perambulation

revolution

crack

airlift

blast

lift

loft

author

carve out

create

engender

establish

give birth

ramp up

write

carpet

cloth covering

cope

covering

front

nominal head

screen

abscise

bring down

cut back

demote

instil

divest

doff

strip

take off

unclothe

undress

address

aim

airt

angle

canalise

canalize

gear

level

orient

steer

train

travel purposefully

wend

accomplish

actualise

actualize

carry out

carry through

effectuate

engineer

follow up

fulfil

fulfill

implement

pursue

realize

imbue

infuse

mould

transfuse

crash

skim

abruptly

suddenly

sort

utter

put in

hurling

let fly

make fly

throw in

throw about

bring

feed on

move towards

throw up

large

large amount

many

move along

plenty

sail

loose

rush

collect

draw

pull

retract

take back

take in

withdraw

demolish

plant

lancing

warp

lay

set

dispose of

push away

hold down

divide up

aim at

throws

punish

reproach

pound

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹəʊ/

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 Middle English werpen.