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Throw

/θɹəʊ/

To change place.

📖 Definitions of "Throw"

verb
  1. 1

    To change place.

  2. 2

    To change in state or status

  3. 3

    To move through time.

  4. 4

    To be accepted.

noun
  1. 1

    The flight of a thrown object.

    "What a great throw by the quarterback!"

  2. 2

    The act of throwing something.

    "The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice."

  3. 3

    One's ability to throw.

    "He's always had a pretty decent throw."

  4. 4

    A distance travelled; displacement.

    "the throw of the piston"

verb
  1. 1

    To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

    "throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"

  2. 2

    To eject or cause to fall off.

  3. 3

    To move to another position or condition; to displace.

    "throw the switch"

  4. 4

    To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

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