throw
throw is a 5-letter English word with 44 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
- noun. Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
- transitive verb. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
- transitive verb. To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
- transitive verb. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
- transitive verb. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
- transitive verb. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- transitive verb. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
- transitive verb. To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
- transitive verb. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
- transitive verb. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.
- transitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
- noun. The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
- noun. A stroke; a blow.
- noun. The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
- noun. A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
- noun. An effort; a violent sally.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
- noun. A turner's lathe; a throwe.
- noun. The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.
- noun. the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
"the catcher made a good throw to second base"
- noun. casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
"he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice"
- noun. bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
- noun. the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- noun. a single chance or instance
"he couldn't afford $50 a throw"
- verb. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
"These questions confuse even the experts"
"This question completely threw me"
- verb. convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
"Throw a glance"
"She gave me a dirty look"
- verb. utter with force; utter vehemently
"hurl insults"
"throw accusations at someone"
- verb. throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
"Throw a six"
- verb. place or put with great energy
"She threw the blanket around the child"
"thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
- verb. propel through the air
"throw a frisbee"
- verb. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
"switch on the light"
"throw the lever"
- verb. get rid of
"he shed his image as a pushy boss"
"shed your clothes"
- verb. cause to fall off
"The horse threw its inexperienced rider"
- verb. put or send forth
"She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"
"The setting sun threw long shadows"
- verb. make on a potter's wheel
"she threw a beautiful teapot"
- verb. organize or be responsible for
"hold a reception"
"have, throw, or make a party"
- verb. cause to be confused emotionally
- verb. move violently, energetically, or carelessly
"She threw herself forwards"
- verb. to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
"Jane threw dinner together"
"throw the car into reverse"
Synonyms
stroke, bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, give, hurl, thrust, flip, switch, cast, drop, shed, contrive, project, have, hold, make, bemuse, bewilder
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in throw:
Common word forms
throws, thrower, throwing, throwable
Words from these letters
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