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Throw

/θɹəʊ/

To change place.

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📖 Definitions of "Throw"

verb

1
To change place.
2
To change in state or status
3
To move through time.
4
To be accepted.

noun

1
The flight of a thrown object.
"What a great throw by the quarterback!"
2
The act of throwing something.
"The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice."
3
One's ability to throw.
"He's always had a pretty decent throw."
4
A distance travelled; displacement.
"the throw of the piston"

verb

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
To eject or cause to fall off.
3
To move to another position or condition; to displace.
"throw the switch"
4
To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

🔄 Synonyms of "Throw"

27 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
castverb	(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
contriveverb	To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
projectnoun	A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
strokenoun	An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
holdverb	(transitive) To grasp or grip.
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
hurlverb	(transitive) To throw (something) with force.
confoundverb	To perplex or puzzle.
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
dropnoun	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
makeverb	(transitive) To create.
shedverb	A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
switchnoun	A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
bewilderverb	(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
confuseverb	(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
cast offverb	(transitive) To discard or reject something.
bemuseverb	(transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
foxnoun	A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:
fuddlenoun	(transitive) To intoxicate.
befuddleverb	(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
bedevilverb	To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
discombobulateverb	(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
throw offverb	(idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
throw awayverb	(transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
shake offverb	To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Throw"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hurlverb	(transitive) To throw (something) with force.
castverb	(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
flipverb	A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
shake offverb	To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
holdverb	(transitive) To grasp or grip.
throw awayverb	(transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
cast offverb	(transitive) To discard or reject something.
strokeverb	(transitive) To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
shedverb	(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
throw offverb	(idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
bedevilverb	To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
discombobulateverb	(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
fuddleverb	(transitive) To intoxicate.
confuseverb	(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
bemuseverb	(transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
befuddleverb	(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
bewilderverb	(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
confoundverb	To perplex or puzzle.
contriveverb	To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
makeverb	(transitive) To create.