Offthrow

Quick meaning: Offthrow is a noun meaning The act of throwing off; (by extension) liberation.

Meaning

The act of throwing off; (by extension) liberation.

More Meanings

1. That which is thrown off (i.e. discarded, ejected, or emitted)
2. (ambitransitive) To throw or cast off (all senses)

Example Sentences

These are the sports, the offthrows, of the universe instead of the species; these are the weird children of the lust of the spheres.

Improbable, therefore, it is that the offthrow of the Ottoman yoke by the former, will not be followed by the offthrow of the German and Russian yokes by the latter, Nationalities.

In its wake the ship leaves a photonic track so intense that it could be gathered up and weighed. It is the stardrive that issues this light: a ship eats space, and light is its offthrow.

In this latter or northern offthrow, nearly the whole of Peeblesshire consists, and the general dip or inclination of its rocks is accordingly northerly, or more strictly, towards north-north-west.

Word Forms

• offthrows
• off-throw
• offthrowing
• offthrew
• offthrown

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include throwoff, throw-off, overthrow, overthrowal, elimination, discarding.

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