The Meaning of throw

• (n.) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
• (n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
• (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.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
• (v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
• (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
• (v. t.) To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
• (v. t.) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
• (v. t.) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
• (v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
• (v. t.) To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
• (v. t.) To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
• (n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
• (n.) A stroke; a blow.
• (n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
• (n.) A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
• (n.) An effort; a violent sally.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
• (n.) A turner's lathe; a throwe.
• (n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.

Synonyms

cam stroke , stroke , slash , fortuity , apoplexy , shot , separatrix , virgule , diagonal , accident , cerebrovascular accident , chance event , stroking , solidus , discombobulate , flip , cast off , bewilder , shed , confound , bedevil , give , cast , thrust , drop , have , project , switch , hold , throw away , confuse , contrive , throw off , befuddle , shake off , bemuse , hurl , fox , make , fuddle , roam , overleap , spue , redact , strike down , drift , put down , draw , send away , fling , slough , mold , deteriorate , rove , put , roll , pour forth , spend , omit , frame , moult , dangle , vomit up , chuck out , mould , toss , throw up , expend , retch , purge , tramp , toss away , drip , disgorge , cat , cut down , dribble , overlook , stray , devolve , leave out , miss , shake , exuviate , cast away , sink , chuck , pretermit , range , molt , vagabond , swan , unload , drop off , set down , fell , knock off , toss out , flatten , ramble , spill , neglect , cast aside , regurgitate , wander , vomit , throw out , hurtle , put away , escape from , spew , honk , dismiss , dispose , cast out , regorge , drop down , discharge , upchuck , send packing , be sick , swing , discard , barf , sick , couch , degenerate , puke , stuff , push up , shove , lunge , squeeze , force , pierce , commit , chip in , dedicate , cave in , collapse , impart , pass on , move over , return , establish , reach , present , fall in , pay , gift , kick in , feed , break , ease up , apply , grant , open , founder , devote , pass , render , sacrifice , yield , turn over , leave , give way , consecrate , generate , contribute , afford , hand , twitch , flick , exchange , swap , flip-flop , shift , change , alternate , tack , leaf , pitch , trade , sky , riffle , riff , swop , thumb , change over , flip over , flip out , switch over , interchange , visualise , image , protrude , jut , externalize , stick out , propose , fancy , devise , design , excogitate , see , visualize , picture , plan , formulate , forge , send off , jut out , externalise , envision , invent , figure , stupefy , baffle , stick , perplex , get , mystify , flummox , beat , nonplus , dumbfound , amaze , gravel , vex , puzzle , pose , realize , hold in , restrain , experience , get to , name , accommodate , defy , produce , maintain , earn , progress to , entertain , make up , work , take , confine , take a crap , feature , create , contain , deliver , shit , possess , pass water , hit , book , cook , arrive at , cause , wee-wee , do , consume , spend a penny , stool , moderate , give birth , build , construct , induce , birth , concur , pee , keep , guard , bind , wee , hold back , constitute , lay down , check , piddle , pull in , pee-pee , keep back , go for , form , ingest , receive , prepare , attain , own , crap , support , accept , pretend , harbor , realise , bring in , obtain , take for , have got , hold up , agree , concord , make believe , declare , ca-ca , adjudge , piss , nurse , let , withstand , score , urinate , oblige , bear , puddle , admit , defend , arrest , harbour , deem , take a shit , ready , defecate , micturate , make water , fix , take in , view as , clear , retain , reserve , halt , carry , obligate , suffer , stimulate , sustain , take a leak , seduce , gain , relieve oneself , prevail , control , nominate , take hold , curb , dun , mix up , booze , frustrate , blur , jumble , fob , crucify , flim-flam , obscure , flurry , torment , drink , put off , trick , pull a fast one on , play a joke on , play tricks , play a trick on , rag , disconcert , obnubilate , send , despatch , emit , impel , propel , dart , lance , sling , delegate , forward , launch , depute , drive , transmit

Antonyms

retain , hold , receive , carry , get , hand , keep , bring , convey , give

Homophones

thro , throe

Rhymes

abaco , adagio , adolfo , aficionado , afterglow , aglow , ago , airglow , akihito , akimbo , albino , allegro , aloe , although , altiplano , amigo , ammo , angelo , appetito , apropos , arapaho , arapahoe , archipelago , arnaud , arnault , au , audio , aux , backhoe , badeau , badeaux , banjo , barbeau , bargo , barinco , barlow , barstow , beau , beaux , begnaud , belleau , below , benito , bestow , bibeau , bibeault , bilbo , bio , bleau , blow , blowe , bo , boe , boeh , boileau , boisseau , bongo , bonneau , bordeau , bordeaux , bordello , borneo , borough , borrow , boudreau , bourdeau , bourgault , bozo , braggadocio , brancheau , brasseaux , brazeau , breault , breaux , bro , broe , brousseau , browe , bruneau , brusseau , budreau , buffalo , bungalow , buteau , cabo , calico , calypso , cameo , cargo , carlow , celo , cervesato , champeau , changsho , chateau , chateaux , chau , chenault , chicago , chico , cho , choe , cicero , claudio , cloe , clow , coco , coe , cointreau , combo , commando , compeau , compo , cousteau , crapo , crepeau , cristo , cro , crossbow , croteau , crotteau , crow , crowe , cyrano , dado , daignault , dario , dau , davao , davault , deboe , dedeaux , defoe , denault , deneau , deneault , deveau , deveaux , devoe , diazo , divertimento , doe , doh , domino , dough , drapeau , dubeau , dufault , dunno , duro , dussault , dynamo , eau , eaux , ebro , eeo , elbow , embryo , enloe , enlow , enslow , escoe , escrow , eskimo , espresso , facteau , fallow , falsetto , fandango , fargo , farrow , faucheux , favreau , fecteau , figaro , flamenco , flo , floe , flow , foe , fontainebleau , forego , forgo , fregeau , fro , froh , furlaud , garceau , gateau , gau , gaudreau , gauthreaux , gautreau , gautreaux , gauvreau , genego , generalissimo , geronimo , gibeau , gibeault , gilberto , giraud , gizmo , glasgow , glo , gloe , glow , go , goe , gogh , gogo , goh , goudeau , goudreau , gro , groh , groleau , grotto , grow , guanaco , guano , guantanamo , guilbeault , guilbeaux , guillot , guinarou , gusto , gyro , hello , hidalgo , hirohito , ho , hoe , hoh , hollo , humberto , hurteau , hwang-ho , hydro , idaho , ido , impresario , indigo , inflow , inscoe , ivanhoe , ivo , jacquot , jandreau , jarreau , jericho , jerrico , jo , joe , joh , judo , kayo , kilo , kinko , know , ko , koh , koito , kokomo , kowtow , krogh , kroh , krowe , kyo , labeau , lamberto , lareau , laveau , lebeau , lebow , ledlow , legato , legault , leleux , lienau , lo , loe , loew , loewe , loh , longbow , lotto , low , lowe , lozeau , ludlow , lumbago , luo , malveaux , manifesto , manseau , marceau , marceaux , margaux , marlowe , martineau , massimo , mau , meadow , meaux , medico , memo , metro , mexico , michaud , michaux , micheaux , michelangelo , micro , migneault , mineau , miro , mistletoe , mo , moe , monaco , monroe , montevideo , moreau , morneau , morneault , moro , moscow , mousseau , mow , munro , murto , mustachio , nadeau , navajo , neault , new-mexico , ngo , no , noe , noh , norberto , nouveau , o , oh , oleo , oregano , ortho , ostinato , otto , outflow , outgo , outgrow , overflow , overthrow , ow , owe , oxbow , papo , paseo , patio , pernod , perot , perreault , petrow , peugeot , photo , picaro , piccolo , pinsoneault , pinto , pistachio , plateau , plough , po , poe , pogo , polio , politico , pompano , ponto , ponzo , portfolio , portico , potato , presidio , presto , primeau , primeaux , primo , pro , promo , prudhoe , pruneau , puerto , puipoe , punto , queau , quito , quo , radio , rainbow , rambeau , ratio , reaux , renaud , renault , reneau , rheault , rhino , rho , riendeau , rio-de-janeiro , risotto , ro , rococo , rodeo , roe , roh , rohe , romano , romeo , rondeau , rougeau , rouleau , row , rowe , saito , schmo , scorpio , seago , sego , segundo , sergio , sew , sgro , shadow , shinto , show , sideshow , sloe , slow , snow , snowe , so , so-so , soileau , solo , spirito , staccato , steptoe , stereo , stow , stowe , stretto , strow , studio , swatow , tableau , taekwondo , tarot , tasso , tebeau , tempo , tetreault , thebeau , theriault , therriault , thibault , thibeau , tho , thoreau , though , throe , thurnau , tiptoe , titlow , tobacco , toe , tokyo , tomato , tomorrow , tondreau , tornado , torpedo , torso , tourtelot , tow , towe , trio , trow , trudeau , truffaut , tso , tupelo , turbot , udo , umberto , undergo , undertow , unesco , ungo , uno , van-gogh , veilleux , vertigo , veto , viau , vieau , vienneau , vigneau , vigneault , virago , vo , whitlow , whoa , willow , winnow , wo , woe , wroe , yau , yo , yoe , yoh , zoh , zorro , zydeco