throw

Pronunciation: /θɹəʊ/

The English word “throw” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
To eject or cause to fall off.
To move to another position or condition; to displace.
To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
To intentionally lose a game.
(of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
To confuse or mislead.
To send hastily or 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 to be shown after rolling it.
To discard.
To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
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.
To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
To project or send forth.
To make a shape or gesture with the hands.

Etymology

From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“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…

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