Throw

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Throw, n. [See Throe.].

 Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.  Spenser. Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

Throw, n. [AS. , .].

 Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
"I will with Thomas speak a little throw."  [1913 Webster]

Throw, v. t. [OE. , , to throw, to twist, AS. to twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG. drājan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. to bore, to turn, to pierce, a hole. Cf. Thread, Trite, Turn, v. t.].

•  To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.  [1913 Webster]
•  To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.  [1913 Webster]
•  To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.  [1913 Webster]

  "Set less than thou throwest."  [1913 Webster]
•  To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.  [1913 Webster]

  "O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw."  [1913 Webster]
•  To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.  [1913 Webster]

  "There the snake throws her enameled skin."  [1913 Webster]
•  To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.  [1913 Webster]
•  To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.  [1913 Webster]

  "I have thrown
  A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth."  [1913 Webster]
•  To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  Tomlinson.  [1913 Webster]

To throw away. (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. -- To throw back. (a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply. (b) To reject; to refuse. (c) To reflect, as light. -- To throw by, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment. -- To throw down, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall. -- To throw in. (a) To inject, as a fluid. (b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. (c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. -- To throw off. (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [Eng.]<-- (d) To emit. Same as throw out (e). (e) To disconcert or confuse. Same as to throw out (f). --> -- To throw on, to cast on; to load. -- To throw one's self down, to lie down neglectively or suddenly. -- To throw one's self on or To throw one's self upon. (a) To fall upon. (b) To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or sustain power of (another); to repose upon. -- To throw out. (a) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. “The other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should enjoy their exile.” Swift. “The bill was thrown out.” Swift. (b) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuation or observation. “She throws out thrilling shrieks.” Spenser. (c) To distance; to leave behind. Addison. (d) To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an abutment. (e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws out a brilliant light. (f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator. -- To throw over, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties. -- To throw up. (a) To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a commission. “Experienced gamesters throw up their cards when they know that the game is in the enemy's hand.” Addison. (b) To reject from the stomach; to vomit. (c) To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of earth.

Throw, v. i. 

 To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.  [1913 Webster]

To throw about, to cast about; to try expedients. [R.]

Throw, n. 

•  The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.  [1913 Webster]

  "He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw,
  He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe."  [1913 Webster]
•  A stroke; a blow.  [1913 Webster]

  "Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws."  [1913 Webster]
•  The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.  [1913 Webster]
•  A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.  [1913 Webster]
•  An effort; a violent sally.  [1913 Webster]

  "Your youth admires
  The throws and swellings of a Roman soul."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).  [1913 Webster]
•  A turner's lathe; a throwe.  [1913 Webster]
•  The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.  [1913 Webster]