Definition of Throw

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Definition of Throw

Throw

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.

To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.

To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.

To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.

To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.

To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.

To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.

To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, 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.

To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.

The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.

A stroke; a blow.

The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.

A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.

An effort; a violent sally.

The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.

A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).

A turner's lathe; a throwe.

The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.

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Throw Quotations

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
Maya Angelou

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
Benjamin Franklin

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.
John F. Kennedy

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
Walt Disney

In Hollywood, brides keep the bouquets and throw away the groom.
Groucho Marx

Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go.
Erma Bombeck

Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.
W. C. Fields

When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here you throw this away.
Mitch Hedberg

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!
Kurt Cobain

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Throw Translations

throw in Afrikaans is gooi
throw in Danish is kaste
throw in Dutch is keilen, werpen, uitspelen, gooien
throw in French is jetent, jetez, jetons, mise bas
throw in German is Hebel umlegen, Wurf, Wurf, werfen, werfen, Hub
throw in Italian is tiro, alzata, gettare
throw in Norwegian is kaste
throw in Spanish is tirada, echadar

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