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throw

throw
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [throh]
    • /θroʊ/
    • /θrəʊ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [throh]
    • /θroʊ/

Definitions of throw word

  • verb with object throw to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball. 1
  • verb with object throw to hurl or project (a missile), as a gun does. 1
  • verb with object throw to project or cast (light, a shadow, etc.). 1
  • verb with object throw to project (the voice). 1
  • verb with object throw to make it appear that one's voice is coming from a place different from its source, as in ventriloquism. 1
  • verb with object throw to direct or send forth (words, a glance, etc.). 1

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Origin of throw

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English throwen, thrawen (v.), Old English thrāwan to twist, turn; cognate with Dutch draaien, German drehen to turn, spin, twirl, whirl; akin to Latin terere, Greek teírein to rub away

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Throw

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

throw popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

throw usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for throw

noun throw

  • afghan — Afghan means belonging or relating to Afghanistan, or to its people or language.
  • buckshot — Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals.
  • come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
  • coverlet — A coverlet is the same as a bedspread.
  • bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.

verb throw

  • appal — If something appals you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
  • appall — If something appalls you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
  • apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
  • baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
  • barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.

Top questions with throw

  • how to make yourself throw up?
  • how to throw up?
  • how to throw a football?
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  • how to throw a boomerang?
  • how to throw a cast net?
  • how to throw a knife?
  • how to throw a sinker?
  • how to not throw up?
  • how to throw a cutter?
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  • how to throw a knuckleball?

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