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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishthrowen,thrawen, fromOld Englishþrāwan(“to turn, twist”), fromProto-West Germanic*þrāan, fromProto-Germanic*þrēaną(“to twist, turn”), fromProto-Indo-European*terh₁-(“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).

Cognate withScotsthraw(“to twist, turn, throw”),West Frisiantriuwe(“to push”),Dutchdraaien(“to turn”),Low Germandraien,dreien(“to turn (in a lathe)”),Germandrehen(“to turn”).

Displacedwarp as the word for hurling and wasdisplaced bywarp as the word for twisting.

Verb

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throw (third-person singular simple presentthrows,present participlethrowing,simple pastthrewor(nonstandard)throwed,past participlethrownor(nonstandard)throwedor(nonstandard)threw)

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  1. (transitive) Tohurl; to release (anobject) with someforce from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it movesrapidly through theair.
    Synonyms:bung,cast,fling,hurl;see alsoThesaurus:throw
    throw a shoe;throw a javelin; the horsethrew its rider
  2. (transitive) Toeject or cause to fall off.
    Synonyms:eject,throwoff
  3. (transitive) To move to anotherposition orcondition; todisplace.
    Synonyms:displace,relocate
    throw the switch
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      This time was most dreadful for Lilian.Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.
  4. (transitive, ceramics) To make (apot) by shapingclay as it turns on awheel.
    • 2009 January 19, Linda Franz,Basic Pottery Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started, Stackpole Books,→ISBN:
      Through practice, you’ll learn how to add the right amount of water as youthrow a pot, and your fingers will feel when the pot has reached the proper thickness.
  5. (transitive, cricket, of abowler) Todeliver (the ball)illegally bystraightening thebowling arm during delivery.
  6. (transitive, computing) To send (anerror) to anexception-handling mechanism in order tointerrupt normalprocessing.
    If the file is read-only, the methodthrows an invalid-operation exception.
  7. (sports, video games) To intentionallylose a game.
    Synonym:take a dive
    The tennis player was accused of taking bribes tothrow the match.
    • 2012 August 1, Peter Walker, Haroon Siddique,Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'‎[1], Guardian Unlimited:
      Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying tothrow matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
  8. (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) Toperform in a specified way in (a match).
    The pitcherthrew a perfect game.
  9. (transitive, informal) Toconfuse ormislead.
    The deliberate red herringthrew me at first.
    • 1999, Jan Blackstone-Ford,The Custody Solutions Sourcebook, page196:
      “Jann, why does he hate me so much?” That questionthrew me. I was expecting a lunatic yelling profanities.
  10. (transitive, figuratively) Tosendhastily ordesperately.
    Their sergeantthrew the troops into pitched battle.
    • 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0-2 Fulham”, inBBC:
      Stokethrew men forward in numbers as they attempted to find a way back into the game, and Mark Schwarzer was forced into a low save from Huth's close-range effort.
  11. (transitive) Toimprison.
    The magistrate ordered the suspect to bethrown into jail.
    • 1816 June –1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley],Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818,→OCLC:
      The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha werethrown into prison.
    • 1993, Margaret McKee, Fred Chisenhall,Beale black & blue: life and music on black America’s main street, page30:
      The standard method of dealing with an addict was to arrest him,throw him into a cell, and leave him until the agonizing pangs of withdrawal were over.
  12. (transitive) Toorganize anevent, especially aparty.
    She was known forthrowing the craziest parties in college.
    • 1986 March 1, “Bash Planned”, inEvening News:
      And now, Clevelanders hoping to bring the Rock Roll Hall of Fame to their city arethrowing a bash to commemorate the 34th birthday of disc Jockey Alan Freed’s “Moondog Coronation Ball”.
    • 1979 July,Working Mother,page72:
      Should you be interested, for whatever reason, it will tell you how tothrow a party for your 40-year-old husband or your 100-year-old great-grandmother. It also describes games that can be played at various kinds of parties[…]
  13. (ambitransitive) Toroll (adie ordice).
    • 1844,Snorri Sturluson, translated by Samuel Laing,Heimskringla:
      The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw the highest should have the district. The Swedish king threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcelythrow.
  14. (transitive) To cause a certain number on thedie ordice to be shown after rolling it.
    • 1844,Snorri Sturluson, translated by Samuel Laing,Heimskringla:
      The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he whothrew the highest should have the district. The Swedish kingthrew two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw.
  15. (transitive, bridge) Todiscard.
  16. (martial arts) Tolift orunbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to theground, especially into aposition behind thethrower.
    • 1922,E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison,The Worm Ouroboros‎[2], London: Jonathan Cape,page25:
      So they stood up, and wrastled another while in silence. Soon the King made trial once again of the fall whereby he had sought tothrow him in the first bout, twisting suddenly his right side against Goldry, and catching with his leg Goldry’s leg, and therewith leaning against him with main force.
  17. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To show suddenemotion, especially anger.
    • 1991, Janet L. Davies, Ellen Hastings Janosik,Mental health and psychiatric nursing: a caring approach:
      Bill runs into the kitchen and tells Dad that Erik isthrowing a tantrum. He tells Bill to go back and watch his program and to ignore his brother. Fifteen minutes later, Erik is still screaming[…]
    • 1996 August 19, “Entertaining Mrs Stone”, inNew York Magazine, volume29, number32:
      In 1975, pregnant with the second of her three children, shethrew a hissy fit to get on a trip to Boston for elected officials.
  19. (transitive) Toproject orsend forth.
    • 1900,Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, inThe House Behind the Cedars:
      Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer’s office, toward which hethrew an affectionate glance.
    • 2007 June 11, Claude Salhani, “Analysis: Irony of Bush's European tour”, inUPI:
      In other European cities the president visited this week, people waited for his motorcade to pass tothrow insults at him, requiring the police to intervene with batons, water cannons and tear gas.
  20. Toput onhastily; tospreadcarelessly.
    • 1726,Alexander, transl. Pope, “Book III”, inThe Odyssey, translation of original byHomer, line596; republished inThe Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company,1902,page543:
      O’er his fair limbs a flowery vest hethrew.
  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.
    • 1829, Stephen Glover, Thomas Noble,The History of the County of Derby:
      A person named Crocket endeavoured tothrow silk at Derby in the year 1702 ; but his machinery was imperfect
  22. (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) Toselect (apitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such asstarter orreliever).
    • 2009, Michael T. Lynch, Jr.,It Ain’t So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond,→ISBN,page63:
      I have a minor quibble with Gleason’s decision tothrow Lefty Williams in Game Eight with the Series in the balance.
  23. (transitive) To install (a bridge).
    • 1860, Fredrika Bremer (trans. Mary Howitt),Life in the Old World, v. 1, p. 164:
      […] across the rapid smaragdus-green waters, pouring onward into the country, arethrown three bridges […]
  24. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) Totwist orturn.
    athrown nail
  25. (American football)Synonym ofpass
  26. (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) Todeliver.
    • 1941,Newsweek‎[3], volume18, page54:
      […] not only did I not want tothrow a punch at him, I wanted to give him a solid silver token of thanks[…]
  27. (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: togive birth to (young).
    • 1916,Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, volume49:
      At the end of the normal gestation period the cowthrew two calf mummies as large as cats.
    • 2008,Monte Dwyer,Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page200:
      They can kid twice a year if things are right, and they oftenthrow twins and triplets.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofthrow
infinitive(to)throw
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularthrowthrew
2nd-personsingularthrow,throwest†threw,threwst†
3rd-personsingularthrows,throweth†threw
pluralthrow
subjunctivethrowthrew
imperativethrow—
participlesthrowingthrown,thrun1

†Archaic orobsolete. 1 Dialectal.

Derived terms
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Translations
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to cause an object to move rapidly through the air
to eject or cause to fall off
to move to another position
to make by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel
in cricket, to deliver the ball illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery
computing: to send an error to an exception-handling mechanism
sports: to intentionally lose a game
to confuse or mislead
to send desperately
to imprison
to organize an event, especially a party
to roll a die or dice
to cause a certain number on the die or dice
bridge: to discard
martial arts: to lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down
of voice: to change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else
to show sudden emotion, especially anger
to project or send forth
to put on hastily; to spread carelessly
to twist two or more filaments of
baseball: to select a pitcher
to install a bridge
to twist or turn
American football: to pass—seepass
boxing: to deliver
of animals: to give birth to
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References
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Noun

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throw (pluralthrows)

  1. The act of throwing something.
    With an accuratethrow, he lassoed the cow.
    What a greatthrow by the quarterback!
    The gambler staked everything on onethrow of the dice.
    • 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl,Trends in Functional Programming, volume 5, page62:
      If the expression is athrow, weunwind the stack seeking a handler expression.
  2. (martial arts) Amove in which onelifts orunbalances one’sopponent and thenbrings him down to theground.
  3. One’s ability to throw.
    He’s always had a pretty decentthrow.
  4. (Can weverify(+) this sense?) Thedistancetravelled by something thrown.
    astone'sthrow
  5. (Can weverify(+) this sense?) Theflight of a thrown object.
  7. Adistancetravelled in general;displacement.
    thethrow of the piston
    • 1947, James Jerome Gibson,Motion Picture Testing and Research, number 7, page49:
      The visibility of the screen image is affected by the length ofthrow of the projector, the type of projector, the intensity of the projector lamp, and the type of the screen.
  8. A piece offabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
    Synonym:throwover
  9. (informal) A singleinstance,occurrence,venture, orchance.
    Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks athrow.
  10. (historical) A hand-operatedlathe, especially a small lathe used byclockmakers.
Derived terms
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Translations
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flight of a thrown object
act of throwing something
a distance travelled
piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing
single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance

References

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  • Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?"Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[5]

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle English, fromOld Englishþrāh,þrāg(“space of time, period, while”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related toGothic𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽(þragjan,“to run”).

Noun

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throw (pluralthrows)

  1. (obsolete) Amoment,time,occasion.
  2. (obsolete) A period of time; awhile.
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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Seethroe.

Noun

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throw (pluralthrows)

  1. Obsolete spelling ofthroe.
    • 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC, stanza 41,page146:
      O man haue mind of that laſt bitterthrow;
      For as the tree does fall, ſo lyes it euer low.
    • 1597, John Gerarde [i.e.,John Gerard], “Of Cotton Grasse”, inThe Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, forBonham and Iohn Norton,→OCLC, book I,page27:
      [Valerius]Cordus ſaith, thatIuncus bombicinus ſodden in wine, and ſo taken, helpeth thethrowes and gripings of the bellie, that women haue in their childing.
    • c.1605–1608,William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene ii],page97, column 1:
      Commend me to them,
      And tell them, that to eaſe them of their greefes,
      Their feares of Hoſtile ſtrokes, their Aches loſſes,
      Their pangs of Loue, with other incidentthrowes
      That Natures fragile Veſſell doth ſuſtaine
      In lifes vncertaine voyage, I will ſome kindnes do them,[…]
    • 1693,Thomas Yalden, “The Curse of Babylon. Paraphras’d from the Thirteenth Chapter ofIsaia. A Pindaric Ode.”, inExamen Poeticum: Being the Third Part of Miscellany Poems. […], London: […] R. E. forJacob Tonson, […],→OCLC, stanza 5,pages314–315:
      I'll viſit their Diſtreſs with Plagues and Miſeries,
      Thethrows that VVomens Labours wait,
      Convulſive Pangs, and bloody Sweat,
      TheirBeauty ſhall conſume, and vital Spirits ſeize.
    • 1719, [Daniel Defoe],The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […],→OCLC,page203:
      I had then ſuch Convulſions in my Stomach, for want of ſome Suſtenance, that I cannot deſcribe; with ſuch frequentThrows and Pangs of Appetite, that nothing but the Tortures of Death can imitate;[…]
    • a.1749 (date written),James Thomson, “Autumn”, inThe Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold byThomas Cadell, […], published1768,→OCLC,page161, lines1322–1323:
      Seiz'd by the general joy, his heart diſtends
      With gentlethrows;[…]
    • 1742, [Edward Young], “Night the First. On Life, Death, and Immortality. […]”, inThe Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] forA[ndrew] Millar […], andR[obert] Dodsley […], published1750,→OCLC,page14:
      Inthis Shape, or inthat, has Fate entail'd
      The Mother'sThrows on all of Woman born,
      Not more the Children, than ſure Heirs ofPain.
    • 1806 October,J. H. K., “Hints on the Manner in which Christian Parents should Improve the Death of Children”, inThe Evangelical Magazine, volume XIV, London: […] [G. Auld] for Williams and Smith, […],→OCLC,page441:
      [W]e never know the full force of parental affection till our children are about to be taken from us. It is then that we discover how strongly they have entwined themselves round our hearts; when we behold the fixed eye, the pale lips, the convulsivethrows of death distorting the countenance; or when with aching and throbbing hearts we deposit those who are a part of ourselves in the cold and silent grave.

Verb

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throw (third-person singular simple presentthrows,present participlethrowing,simple pastthrew,past participlethrown)

  1. Obsolete spelling ofthroe.

Anagrams

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