throw
/θɹoʊ/ verb A2- To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air. · throw a shoe; throw a javelin
- To eject or cause to fall off. · the horse threw its rider
- To move to another position or condition; to displace. · throw the switch
- To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing. · If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.
- To intentionally lose a game. · The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.
- (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match). · The pitcher threw a perfect game.
Plural throw · He/she/it throws · Past threw · Past participle thrown · -ing form throwing
Verb forms
- Base form
- throw
- He/she/it
- throws
- Past
- threw
- Past participle
- thrown
- -ing form
- throwing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- throw about Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw,...
- throw aside Synonym of discard.
- throw away To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to...
- throw back To hinder the development of something.
- throw by throw aside; discard
- throw down To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
- throw in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw,...
- throw off To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- throw on To hastily put on (clothes).
- throw out Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw,...
- throw over To discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
- throw up Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw,...
From the library
In pain the birdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dove take wing.
A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream.
Suddenly, he felt an arm thrown around his body, and a well-known voice behind him exclaimed, “Father—dear father!”
But a very great tempest came on, and the ship being in danger of sinking, he threw all his merchandise overboard, and barely escaped with his life in the empty ship.
Other matches
- throw The act of throwing something. A1
- throw about Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- throw aside Synonym of discard.
- throw away To discard
- throw back To hinder the development of something.
- throw by throw aside
- throw down To cause something one is holding to drop, ofte...
- throw in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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