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ALL meanings of throw

throw
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  • verb throw to baffle or astonish; confuse 0
  • verb throw to deliver (a punch) 0
  • verb throw to hurl (an opponent) to the ground 0
  • verb throw to lose (a contest, fight, etc) deliberately, esp in boxing 0
  • verb throw to play (a card) 0
  • verb throw to discard (a card) 0
  • verb throw (of a female animal, esp a cow) to give birth to (young) 0
  • verb throw to twist or spin (filaments) into thread 0
  • noun throw the act or an instance of throwing 0
  • noun throw the distance or extent over which anything may be thrown 0
  • noun throw a chance, venture, or try 0
  • noun throw an act or result of throwing dice 0
  • noun throw the eccentricity of a cam 0
  • noun throw the radial distance between the central axis of a crankshaft and the axis of a crankpin forming part of the shaft 0
  • noun throw a decorative light blanket or cover, as thrown over a chair 0
  • noun throw a sheet of fabric used for draping over an easel or unfinished painting, etc, to keep the dust off 0
  • noun throw the vertical displacement of rock strata at a fault 0
  • noun throw the deflection of a measuring instrument as a result of a sudden fluctuation 0
  • verb transitive throw to twist strands of (silk, etc.) into thread or yarn 0
  • verb transitive throw to cause to fly through the air by releasing from the hand while the arm is in rapid motion; cast; hurl 0
  • verb transitive throw to discharge through the air from a catapult, pump, gun, etc. 0
  • verb transitive throw to hurl violently, as in anger, etc.; dash 0
  • verb transitive throw to cause to fall; upset; overthrow; dislodge 0
  • verb transitive throw to move or send rapidly; advance 0
  • verb transitive throw to put suddenly and forcibly into or onto 0
  • verb transitive throw to put suddenly and forcibly into a specified condition or situation 0
  • verb transitive throw to cast or roll (dice) 0
  • verb transitive throw to make (a specified cast) at dice 0
  • verb transitive throw to cast off; shed 0
  • verb transitive throw to bring forth (young) 0
  • verb transitive throw to move the lever of (a switch, clutch, etc.) or connect, disconnect, engage, etc. by so doing 0
  • verb transitive throw to direct, cast, turn, project, etc. 0
  • verb transitive throw to cause (one's voice) to seem to come from some other source, as in ventriloquism 0
  • verb transitive throw to put (blame on, influence into, obstacles before, etc.) 0
  • verb transitive throw to lose (a game, race, etc.) deliberately, as by prearrangement 0
  • verb transitive throw to give (a party, dance, etc.) 0
  • verb transitive throw to have (a fit, tantrum, etc.) 0
  • verb transitive throw to confuse or disconcert 0
  • verb transitive throw to play or discard (a card) 0
  • verb transitive throw to shape on a potter's wheel 0
  • intransitive verb throw to cast or hurl something 0
  • noun throw the action of a person who throws; a cast 0
  • noun throw a cast of dice, or the numbers cast 0
  • noun throw the distance something is or can be thrown 0
  • noun throw a spread or coverlet for draping over a bed, sofa, etc. 0
  • noun throw a woman's light scarf or wrap 0
  • noun throw the motion of a moving part driven by a cam, eccentric, etc. 0
  • noun throw the range of such a motion; travel; stroke 0
  • noun throw the amount of vertical displacement at a fault 0
  • noun throw a particular way or an instance of throwing an opponent 0
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