throw

v.

1. To hurl

   fling, butt, bunt, pitch, fire, let go, sling, toss, heave, lob, dash, launch, chuck, bowl, cast, heave, hurl, let fly*, shy*, deliver*, elbow*, cast off*, lay across*.

   Antonyms catch*, receive*, grab. *

2. To send forth

   propel, thrust, force, project, discharge, butt, bunt, launch, put into motion, start, push into, drive, set going, impel, stick into, pour into.

   Antonyms receive*, retrieve*, accept. *

3. To connect or disconnect

   pull a lever, turn a switch, unswitch, unhook, turn off, turn on.

4. To force to the ground

   defeat, cast down, triumph over, strike down, overwhelm, pin, nail*, flatten*, buck off*, pin to the mat*; see also defeat 1, 3.

   Antonyms raise*, help up, bring on to one's feet.

5. *To permit an opponent to win

   give up, lose the game, lose deliberately, submit, yield, surrender, give in*, back down*, chuck away*, call quits*, check out*; see also lose 3.

throw is the general word meaning to cause to move through the air by or as by a rapid propulsive motion of the arm throw a ball, throw some light on the mystery; cast, the preferred word in certain connections to cast a fishing line, generally has a more archaic or lofty quality they cast stones at him; to toss is to throw lightly or carelessly and, usually, with an upward or sideways motion to toss a coin; hurl and fling both imply a throwing with force or violence, but hurl suggests that the object thrown moves swiftly for some distance to hurl a javelin and fling, that it is thrust sharply or vehemently so that it strikes a surface with considerable impact she flung the plate to the floor; pitch implies a throwing with a definite aim or in a definite direction to pitch a baseball