throw

  • (verb): To change place.
  • (verb): To change in state or status
  • (verb): To move through time.
  • (verb): To be accepted.
  • (verb): In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
  • (verb): To do or be better.
  • (verb): To take heed.
  • (noun): The flight of a thrown object.
  • (noun): The act of throwing something.
  • (noun): One's ability to throw.
  • (noun): A distance travelled; displacement.
  • (noun): A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
  • (noun): A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
  • (noun): A violent effort.
  • (verb): To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
  • (verb): To eject or cause to fall off.
  • (verb): To move to another position or condition; to displace.
  • (verb): To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
  • (verb): (of a bowler) to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
  • (verb): To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
  • (verb): To intentionally lose a game.
  • (verb): To confuse or mislead.
  • (verb): To send desperately.
  • (verb): To imprison.
  • (verb): To organize an event, especially a party.
  • (verb): To roll (a die or dice).
  • (verb): To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
  • (verb): To discard.
  • (verb): To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
  • (verb): (said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
  • (verb): To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
  • (verb): To project or send forth.
  • (verb): To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
  • (verb): 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.
  • (verb): (of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
  • (verb): To install (a bridge).
  • (verb): To twist or turn.
  • What a great throw by the quarterback!
  • The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.
  • He's always had a pretty decent throw.
  • the throw of the piston
  • Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.