throw
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/θɹəʊ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To change place.
- To change in state or status
- To move through time.
- To be accepted.
noun
- The flight of a thrown object.“What a great throw by the quarterback!”
- The act of throwing something.“The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.”
- One's ability to throw.“He's always had a pretty decent throw.”
- A distance travelled; displacement.“the throw of the piston”
verb
- To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.“throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider”
- To eject or cause to fall off.
- 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.
noun
- Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
- The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
verb
- (said of animals) To give birth to.
noun
- A moment, time, occasion.
- A period of time; a while.