Throw

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

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
2. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
3. (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
4. (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
5. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
6. (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
7. (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).

Example Sentences

throw the switch

There the snake throws her enamelled skin.

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

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

Word Forms

• throws
• throwing
• threw
• throwed
• thrown
• throwest
• threwst
• throweth
• thrun

Synonyms for throw

Depending on context, synonyms include bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash.

Antonyms for throw

Common opposites include catch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hurl, cast, flip, hold, throw away, cast off.

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