throw

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.2.4 References 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /θɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA: /θɻoʊ/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: throe

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English þrāwan (“‘to twist, to turn’”), from Proto-Germanic *þrǣ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“‘to rub, to rub by twisting, to twist, to turn’”). Cognate with Dutch draaien, German drehen.

[edit] Verb

to throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown)

1. (transitive) To cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
2. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

   throw a shoe

   throw a rod

   the horse threw its rider

3. (transitive) To move to another position; to displace.

   throw the switch

4. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
5. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
6. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

   If the file is readonly, the method throws an invalid operation exception.

7. (sports) to intentionally lose a game

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

8. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.

   The deliberate red herring threw me at first.

[edit] Synonyms

• (cause an object to move rapidly through the air): bowl, bung, buzz, cast, catapult, chuck, dash, direct, fire, fling, flip, heave, hurl, launch, lob, pitch, project, propel, send, shoot, shy, sling, toss, whang
• (eject or cause to fall off): eject, throw off
• (move to another position): displace, relocate
• See also Wikisaurus:throw

[edit] Derived terms

• a stone's throw
• overthrow
• throw a fit
• throw away, throw-away
• throw a wobbly
• throwback
• throw down the gauntlet
• throw in the sponge, throw in the towel
• throwing
• throw shapes
• throw the book at
• throw up
• throw one's weight around

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

throw (plural throws)

1. The flight of a thrown object; as, a fast throw.
2. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
3. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
4. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

   Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• throw pillow
• throw-up

[edit] References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English throwe, alteration of thrawe from Old English þrāwu (“‘labor pang, agony in childbirth or death’”), akin to Old English þrēa (“‘affliction, pang’”), þrōwan (“‘to suffer’”). More at throe

[edit] Noun

throw (plural throws)

1. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe
2. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

[edit] Etymology 3

Middle English, from Old English þrāh, þrāg (“‘space of time, period, while’”)

[edit] Noun

throw (plural throws)

1. A moment, time, occasion.
2. A period of time; a while.

   I will with Thomas speak a little throw. --Chaucer.