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Definition throw

Etymology 1

From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English �r?wan (�to turn, twist, curl, rack, torture, turn around�), from Proto-Germanic *�r?an? (�to twist, turn�), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?-? (�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�), Danish dreje (�to turn�), Swedish dreja (�to turn�), Albanian dredh (�to turn, twist, tremble�), Bulgarian ??????????? (izt?rv�vam, �to drop�).

Verb

throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown)

1. (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move 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. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
5. (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
6. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
7. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
8. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
9. (figuratively) To send desperately.
10. (transitive) To imprison.
11. To organize an event, especially a party.
12. (transitive, intransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
13. (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
14. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
15. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
16. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
17. (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
18. (transitive) To project or send forth.
19. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
20. 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.
21. (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
22. (transitive) To install (a bridge).
23. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.

Noun

throw (plural throws)

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English throwe, alteration of thrawe, from Old English �r?wu (�labor pang, agony in childbirth or death�), akin to Old English �r?a (�affliction, pang�), �r?wan (�to suffer�). More at throe.

Noun

throw (plural throws)

1. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
2. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

Verb

throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown)

1. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.

Etymology 3

From Middle English, from Old English �r?h, �r?g (�space of time, period, while�). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Gothic ??????? (�ragjan, �to run�).

Noun

throw (plural throws)

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

Etymology 4

Noun

throw

1. Misspelling of throe.

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