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Sounds | throw' |
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Rhymes | Afro, allegro, arrow, and 70 more rhymes in row at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist). |
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Examples | "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
Narrower | bowling; fling; heave, heaving; hurl, cast; leaner; pass, toss, flip; pitch; pitch, delivery; ringer; shy; slinging; throw-in |
Broader | propulsion, actuation |
Verbs | throw |
Meaning | A single chance or instance. |
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Examples | "he couldn't afford $50 a throw" |
Broader | opportunity, chance |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam. |
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Synonyms | stroke, cam stroke |
Narrower | instroke; outstroke |
Broader | movement, motion |
Meaning | The distance that something can be thrown. |
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Examples | "it is just a stone's throw from here" |
Broader | distance |
Verbs | throw |
Meaning | Bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something. |
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Broader | bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding |
Verbs | throw |
Meaning | The throwing of an object in order to determine an outcome randomly. |
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Examples | "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice" |
Narrower | cast, roll; flip, toss |
Broader | gambling, gaming, play |
Meaning | Project through the air. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "throw a frisbee" |
Entailed by | pepper, pelt |
Narrower | slam, flap down; ground; prostrate; hurl, hurtle, cast; heave; pelt, bombard; defenestrate; deliver, pitch; shy; drive; deep-six, throw overboard; ridge; jettison; fling; lob; chuck, toss; skim, skip, skitter; juggle; flip, flick; pass |
Broader | propel, impel |
Nouns | throw; thrower; throw |
Meaning | Move violently, energetically, or carelessly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Broader | move |
Meaning | Get rid of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw off, throw away, drop |
Narrower | shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough; abscise; exfoliate; autotomize, autotomise |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Meaning | Place or put with great energy. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | thrust |
Narrower | pop |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
Nouns | throw |
Meaning | Convey or communicate. Of a smile, a look, a physical gesture. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something |
Examples | "Throw a glance" |
Synonyms | give |
Broader | communicate, intercommunicate |
Meaning | Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "throw the lever" |
Synonyms | flip, switch |
Narrower | switch on, turn on; switch off, cut, turn off, turn out |
Broader | engage, mesh, lock, operate |
Meaning | Put or send forth. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | project, cast, contrive |
Narrower | shoot |
Broader | send, direct |
Meaning | To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "throw the car into reverse" |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
Meaning | Cause to be confused emotionally. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Model | The bad news will throw him; The good news will throw her; The performance is likely to throw Sue |
Synonyms | bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate |
Broader | upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit |
Meaning | Utter with force. Utter vehemently. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "throw accusations at someone" |
Synonyms | hurl |
Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to |
Meaning | Organize or be responsible for. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "have, throw, or make a party" |
Synonyms | hold, have, make, give |
Broader | direct |
Meaning | Make on a potter's wheel. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | Did he throw his major works over a short period of time? |
Broader | shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge |
Nouns | thrower |
Meaning | Cause to fall off. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
Broader | dislodge, displace, bump |
Meaning | Throw (a die) out onto a flat surface. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Throw a six" |
Narrower | shoot |
Broader | turn, release |
Meaning | Be confusing or perplexing to. Cause to be unable to think clearly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | confuse, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate |
Narrower | demoralize; perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound; disorient, disorientate |
Broader | be |
Similar to | confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off |