throwverb
uk/θrəʊ/us/θroʊ/threw, thrownthrow verb (SEND THROUGH AIR)
A2 [ I or T ] to send something through the air with force, especially by a sudden movement of the arm:
to look quickly or suddenly:
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- Don't throw your apple core on the floor!
- The ducks started quacking loudly when we threw them some bread.
- She screwed the bag up and threw it in the bin.
- Some demonstrators were arrested for throwing stones at the police.
- The game involved throwing metal rings over a stick.
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Throwing
- cast
- chuck
- fling
- heave
- hurl
- overhand
- peg
- pelt
- pitch
- precipitate
- project
- projectile
- sling
- slung
- stone
- throw-in
- thrown
- toss
- underarm
- underhand
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throw verb (MOVE QUICKLY)
C2 [ T ] to cause to move or act quickly or carelessly:
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Hurrying and doing things quickly
- accelerate
- acceleration
- against the clock idiom
- against time/the clock idiom
- alacrity
- dash
- dose
- grease
- haste
- hasten
- hasty
- hit/press/push the panic button idiom
- patch
- rattle through sth
- rush
- rush into sth
- rush job
- rushed
- scrabble
- snap
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throw verb (CONFUSE)
[ T ] to confuse or shock someone or cause difficulty for them:
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Puzzle and confuse
- addle
- baffle
- bemuse
- bewilder
- blind sb with science idiom
- cloud
- do sb's head in idiom
- flummox
- fox
- fuddle
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- mix
- mix sb up
- muddy
- puzzle
- throw (sb) a curve (ball) idiom
- throw sb off balance idiom
- tie
- tie sb (up) in knots idiom
- unbalance
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throw verb (OPEN)
to open something that was closed, usually suddenly and completely:
to allow people to enter or become involved in an event:
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Unfastening and opening
- breaker
- crack
- let/set sth loose idiom
- loose
- loosen
- loosen your grip idiom
- open sb up
- pay (sth) out
- steam
- the earth/ground/floor opens idiom
- unbuckle
- uncap
- uncork
- undid
- unfold
- unpick
- unplug
- unroll
- unscrew
- untie
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throw verb (PARTY)
to have a party:
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Celebrating & entertaining
- a good time was had by all idiom
- amuse
- amused
- bacchanalian
- banquet
- entertain
- entertaining
- go to town idiom
- have a whale of a time idiom
- host
- kill
- kill the fatted calf idiom
- perform
- push
- revel in sth
- revelry
- scintillate
- see in the New Year idiom
- spirit
- town
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throw verb (ANGER)
to experience and show a strong feeling of anger, especially suddenly:
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Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom
- -tempered
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for blood idiom
- get bent out of shape idiom
- get your knickers in a twist idiom
- go ape idiom
- go nuts idiom
- go off the deep end idiom
- launch
- lose
- postal
- sharp
- storm
- tempers get frayed idiom
- turn in your grave idiom
- umbrage
- wobbly
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throw verb (SHAPE)
[ T ] specialized art to shape clay on a special round table that spins
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Ceramics & pottery
- amphora
- bone china
- ceramics
- china
- earthen
- earthenware
- fire
- glaze
- kaolin
- kiln
- porcelain
- potter
- potter's wheel
- pottery
- stoneware
- terracotta
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Phrasal verb(s)
thrownoun
uk/θrəʊ/us/θroʊ/throw noun (THROWING)
[ C ] an act of throwing something:
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Throwing
- cast
- chuck
- fling
- heave
- hurl
- overhand
- peg
- pelt
- pitch
- precipitate
- project
- projectile
- sling
- slung
- stone
- throw-in
- thrown
- toss
- underarm
- underhand
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throw noun (EACH)
used to mean each thing or for each time:
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Linguistics: both, all, each & every
- a
- all
- all
- any
- apiece
- both
- each
- either
- every
- every minute idiom
- pan
- per
- pop
- strength
- the
- to
- whole
throw noun (COVER)
[ C ] a large piece of cloth that you use to cover a chair, sofa, etc. to make it look attractive:
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Coverings and layers
- a blanket of sth idiom
- blanket
- casing
- cladding
- coating
- gilt
- layer
- lined
- lining
- mantle
- mat
- membrane
- rendering
- slick
- tier
- topcoat
- undercoat
- veil
- veneer
- wrap
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