Meaning of throw | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of throwing something.
2. A moment, time, occasion.
   obsolete
3. Obsolete spelling of throe.
   alt-of, error-lua-exec, obsolete
4. To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air
5. A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
6. A period of time; a while.
   obsolete
7. To eject or cause to fall off
8. One’s ability to throw.
9. To move to another position or condition; to displace
10. The distance travelled by something thrown.
11. To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel
12. The flight of a thrown object.
13. To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery
14. A distance travelled in general; displacement.
15. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
16. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
    informal
17. Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
18. A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
    historical

Equivalents

Examples

“With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.”

“What a great throw by the quarterback!”

“The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.”

“If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.”

“He’s always had a pretty decent throw.”

“a stone's throw”

“Only on the north-east may aught save a winged thing come at the castle, across a smooth grass-grown saddle less than a stone’s throw in width.”

“the throw of the piston”

“The visibility of the screen image is affected by the length of throw of the projector, the type of projector, the intensity of the projector lamp, and the type of the screen.”

“Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.”

“Downe himselfe he layd Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a throw; The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow.”

“O man haue mind of that laſt bitter throw; For as the tree does fall, ſo lyes it euer low.”

“[Valerius] Cordus ſaith, that Iuncus bombicinus ſodden in wine, and ſo taken, helpeth the throwes and gripings of the bellie, that women haue in their childing.”

“Commend me to them, And tell them, that to eaſe them of their greefes, Their feares of Hoſtile ſtrokes, their Aches loſſes, Their pangs of Loue, with other incident throwes That Natures fragile Veſſell doth ſuſtaine In lifes vncertaine voyage, I will ſome kindnes do them, […]”

“I had then ſuch Convulſions in my Stomach, for want of ſome Suſtenance, that I cannot deſcribe; with ſuch frequent Throws and Pangs of Appetite, that nothing but the Tortures of Death can imitate; […]”

“Seiz'd by the general joy, his heart diſtends With gentle throws; […]”

“In this Shape, or in that, has Fate entail'd The Mother's Throws on all of Woman born, Not more the Children, than ſure Heirs of Pain.”

“[W]e never know the full force of parental affection till our children are about to be taken from us. It is then that we discover how strongly they have entwined themselves round our hearts; when we behold the fixed eye, the pale lips, the convulsive throws of death distorting the countenance; or when with aching and throbbing hearts we deposit those who are a part of ourselves in the cold and silent grave.”

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