Throw
Throw (thrō) , noun
[See Throe.]
Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obsolete] — Spenser. Dryden
Throw , noun
[Anglo-Saxon þrāh, þrāg.]
Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
I will with Thomas speak a little throw.
Throw (thru) , transitive verb
[Old English þrowen, þrawen, to throw, to twist, Anglo-Saxon þrāwan to twist, to whirl; akin to Dutch draaijen, German drehen, Old High German drājan, Latin terebra an auger, gimlet, Greek {not transcribed} to bore, to turn, {not transcribed} to pierce, {not transcribed} a hole. Compare Thread, Trite, Turn, transitive verb]
1.
To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
2.
To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.
3.
To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
4.
(Military) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
5.
To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
6.
To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
Set less than thou throwest.
7.
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw.
8.
To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
There the snake throws her enameled skin.
9.
(Pottery) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
10.
To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
I have thrown
A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth.
11.
To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.
12.
To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, 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. — Tomlinson
Collocations (12)
To throw away , (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer.
To throw back , (a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply. (b) To reject; to refuse. (c) To reflect, as light.
To throw by , to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment.
To throw down , to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall.
To throw in , (a) To inject, as a fluid. (b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. (c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain.
To throw off , (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [English]
To throw on , to cast on; to load.
To throw one's self down , to lie down neglectively or suddenly.
To throw one's self on or To throw one's self upon , (a) To fall upon. (b) To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or sustain power of (another); to repose upon.
To throw out , (a) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. The other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should enjoy their exile. The bill was thrown out. (b) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuation or observation. She throws out thrilling shrieks. (c) To distance; to leave behind. — Addison (d) To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an abutment. (e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws out a brilliant light. (f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator.
To throw over , to abandon the cause of; to desert; to discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties.
To throw up , (a) To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a commission. Experienced gamesters throw up their cards when they know that the game is in the enemy's hand. (b) To reject from the stomach; to vomit. (c) To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of earth.
Throw , intransitive verb
To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
Collocations (1)
To throw about , to cast about; to try expedients. [Rare]
Throw , noun
1.
The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw,
He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe.
2.
A stroke; a blow. [Obsolete]
Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws.
3.
The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
4.
A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
5.
An effort; a violent sally. [Obsolete]
Your youth admires
The throws and swellings of a Roman soul.
6.
(Machinery) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.
7.
(Pottery) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
8.
A turner's lathe; a throwe. [Provincial English]
9.
(Mining) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.