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throw

/θɹəʊ/ /θɹoʊ/

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To change place.

Examples :

"The student threw his backpack onto the chair. "

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To change in state or status

Examples :

"My mood threw from happy to sad when I missed the bus. "

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To move through time.

Examples :

"History throws us back to the past. "

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To be accepted.

Examples :

"Her ideas were thrown around in the meeting, but none of them were chosen. "

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In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.

Examples :

"In the board game, he threw his turn because he was tired. "

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To do or be better.

Examples :

"My sister threw the math test, getting a perfect score. "

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Examples :

"The teacher threw caution to the wind and decided to try the new, experimental teaching method in class. "

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The flight of a thrown object.

Examples :

"What a great throw by the quarterback!"

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The act of throwing something.

Examples :

"The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice."

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One's ability to throw.

Examples :

"Her throw is strong, which is why she's the best pitcher on the school team. "

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A distance travelled; displacement.

Examples :

"the throw of the piston"

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

Examples :

"My grandmother brought a new throw for the sofa, a beautiful tapestry in reds and golds. "

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A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

Examples :

"Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw."

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A violent effort.

Examples :

"The throw of anger from the student across the room was very loud. "

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To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

Examples :

"throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"

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To eject or cause to fall off.

Examples :

"The tree branch threw off its dead leaves in the autumn wind. "

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To move to another position or condition; to displace.

Examples :

"throw the switch"

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

Examples :

"The potter threw a beautiful bowl on the spinning wheel. "

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(of a bowler) to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

Examples :

"The bowler threw the ball, but the umpire called it a no-ball because he straightened his arm during the delivery. "

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

Examples :

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

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To intentionally lose a game.

Examples :

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

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To confuse or mislead.

Examples :

"The deliberate red herring threw me at first."

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To send desperately.

Examples :

"Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle."

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Examples :

"The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail."

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To organize an event, especially a party.

Examples :

"My parents are throwing a party for my sister's graduation. "

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To roll (a die or dice).

Examples :

"The children took turns throwing the dice for the board game. "

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To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

Examples :

"The player threw a six on the die. "

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Examples :

"He threw away the old, torn homework assignment. "

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To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.

Examples :

"The wrestler threw his opponent, bringing him down behind him. "

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(said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.

Examples :

"To sound convincing, the actor threw his voice to mimic his grandfather's. "

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To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

Examples :

"Seeing the poor grade on his report card, he threw a fit. "

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To project or send forth.

Examples :

"The chef threw a handful of flour into the air. "

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To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

Examples :

"Mom threw together a quick dinner because she was running late. "

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To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) 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.

Examples :

"The silk spinner expertly threw the strands of silk together to create a strong, smooth thread. "

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(of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).

Examples :

"The coach threw a young pitcher, Sam, into the starting role for the baseball game. "

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To install (a bridge).

Examples :

"The engineers threw the new footbridge across the river. "

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To twist or turn.

Examples :

"a thrown nail"

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Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

Examples :

"The mother felt intense throes during labor. "

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The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

Examples :

"The farmer watched the cow's throw with anticipation. "

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(said of animals) To give birth to.

Examples :

"The sheep threw a lamb this morning. "

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A moment, time, occasion.

Examples :

"That was a throw of bad luck for the team; they lost all the matches. "

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A period of time; a while.

Examples :

"After a long throw of stressful work, I finally had a relaxing weekend. "

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