throw

Meaning

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).

cast

hurl at

pluck off

fling away

hit against

cam stroke

switching off

fling at

turn off

wend

hurl against

large amount

make fly

move along

move towards

throw about

throw at

airt

throw stones

slap something onto

throw around

cloth covering

nominal head

ramp up

statute title

travel purposefully

crank throw

amplitude of oscillation

drift rate

length of stroke

maximum deflection

eccentric distance

offsetting distance

stroke of punch

range of oscillation

discon

displacement of fault

hit with missile

address

feed on

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹəʊ/

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.