throw

1. 1

   To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.transitive

   • throw a shoe; throw a javelin
2. 2

   To eject or cause to fall off.transitive

   • the horse threw its rider
3. 3

   To move to another position or condition; to displace.transitive

   • throw the switch
4. 4

   To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.transitive

   • Through practice, you’ll learn how to add the right amount of water as you throw a pot, and your fingers will feel when the pot has reached the proper thickness.
5. 5

   To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.transitive

6. 6

   To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.transitive

   • If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.
7. 7

   To intentionally lose a game.

   • The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.
8. 8

   (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).transitive

   • The pitcher threw a perfect game.
9. 9

   To confuse or mislead.informaltransitive

   • The deliberate red herring threw me at first.
10. 10

    To send hastily or desperately.figurativelytransitive

    • Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.

syn. bung · cast · chuck · chunk · cook · dash · dump · feck · fling · jerk · heave · hield

ant. catch

1. 1

   The act of throwing something.

   • With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.
   • What a great throw by the quarterback!
2. 2

   A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.

3. 3

   One’s ability to throw.

   • He’s always had a pretty decent throw.
4. 4

   The distance travelled by something thrown.

   • a stone's throw
5. 5

   The flight of a thrown object.

6. 6

   A distance travelled in general; displacement.

   • the throw of the piston
7. 7

   A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

8. 8

   A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.informal

   • Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
9. 9

   Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.

10. 10

    A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.historical

1. 1

   A moment, time, occasion.obsolete

2. 2

   A period of time; a while.obsolete

   • Downe himselfe he layd Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a throw; The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow.

syn. stound

1. 1

   Obsolete spelling of throe.alt-oferror-lua-execobsolete

   • O man haue mind of that laſt bitter throw; For as the tree does fall, ſo lyes it euer low.
   • [Valerius] Cordus ſaith, that Iuncus bombicinus ſodden in wine, and ſo taken, helpeth the throwes and gripings of the bellie, that women haue in their childing.

1. 1

   Obsolete spelling of throe.alt-ofobsolete

   • Pre-thee ſay on, The ſetting of thine eye, and cheeke proclaime A matter from thee; and a birth, indeed, Which throwes thee much to yeeld.

syn. bung · cast · chuck · chunk · cook · dash · dump · feck · fling · jerk · heave · hield

ant. catch