Throw Definition

thrō
threw, throwing, thrown, throws
verb
threw, throwing, thrown, throws
To cause to fly through the air by releasing from the hand while the arm is in rapid motion; cast; hurl.
Webster's New World
To discharge through the air from a catapult, pump, gun, etc.
Webster's New World
To cause to move with great force or speed; propel or displace.
Threw themselves on the food; jetsam that had been thrown up onto the shore.
American Heritage
To force (an opponent) to the ground or floor, as in wrestling or the martial arts.
American Heritage
To hurl violently, as in anger, etc.; dash.
Webster's New World
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noun
The act of throwing dice.
Webster's New World
The action of a person who throws; a cast.
Webster's New World
The total number of pips on the uppermost faces of dice that have been thrown.
Webster's New World
The distance something is or can be thrown.
A stone's throw.
Webster's New World
The combination of numbers so obtained.
American Heritage
idiom
throw cold water on
  • To express misgivings about or disapproval of; discourage.
American Heritage
throw in the towel
  • To admit defeat; give up.
American Heritage
throw oneself at
  • To make efforts to attract the interest or affection of (another).
American Heritage
throw (one's) weight around
  • To use power or authority, especially in an excessive or heavy-handed way.
American Heritage
throw (someone) a bone
  • To provide (someone) with a usually small part of what has been requested, especially in an attempt to placate or mollify.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Throw

Noun

Singular:
throw
Plural:
throws

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Throw

Origin of Throw

  • From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist, curl, rack, torture, turn around"), from Proto-Germanic *þrÄ“anÄ… (“to turn"), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn"). Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw"), 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").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English throwe, alteration of thrawe from Old English þrāwu (“labor pang, agony in childbirth or death"), akin to Old English þrÄ“a (“affliction, pang"), þrōwan (“to suffer"). More at throe

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English, from Old English þrāh, þrāg (“space of time, period, while"). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, “to run").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English throwen to turn, twist, hurl from Old English thrāwan terə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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