threw /throo/ pat of throw¹

thraw /thrö/

1. A Scots form of throw¹with some old senses preserved
2. Also of throe, with senses overlapping throw¹

1. To turn
2. To twist
3. To wring
4. To distort
5. To wrest
6. To cross, thwart

1. To turn
2. To twist
3. To writhe
4. To sway
5. To go counter
6. To be perverse

1. Twisted
2. Distorted
3. Wry

1. A twist
2. A fit of perversity
3. A throe

thrawn adjective

1. Twisted
2. Wry, crooked
3. Stubborn, perverse

dead thraw

The agony of death

heads and thraws

Side by side, the head of the one by the feet of another

throe, earlier (Shakespeare, Spenser) throw or throwe /thrō/, or (Scot) thraw /thrö/

1. A spasm
2. A paroxysm
3. A pang or pain, esp a birth-pang

To subject to pangs

To suffer pangs

in the throes

1. In the struggle (of), struggling (with)
2. In the thick (of)
3. In travail

throw¹ /thrō/

1. To cast, hurl, fling through the air
2. To project
3. To emit
4. To cause (one's voice) to appear to come from elsewhere
5. To cause to be in some place or condition, esp suddenly
6. To render suddenly
7. To put
8. To put on or take off (clothes, etc) quickly, carelessly or violently (with off, on, onto)
9. To execute, perform
10. To have or suffer (eg a fit or tantrum)
11. To give (a party)
12. To bemuse, perplex, disconcert
13. To move (a switch) so as to connect or disconnect
14. To form (pottery) on a wheel
15. To turn with a lathe
16. To wind or twist (yarn) together
17. (of a horse) to dislodge (its rider) from the saddle
18. (of a horse) to lose (a shoe)
19. To cast (one's opponent) to the ground (wrestling, judo)
20. To deliver (a punch) (boxing)
21. To bowl (a ball) bending illegally and straightening the arm during delivery (cricket)
22. To play (a card)
23. To make a cast of dice amounting to
24. To cast (dice)
25. To lose (a contest) deliberately, esp in return for a bribe (informal)
26. To defeat, get the better of, or discomfit
27. (of an animal) to give birth to
28. To produce

1. To cast or hurl
2. To cast dice
3. To lay about one (Spenser)

1. An act of throwing
2. A cast, esp of dice or a fishing-line
3. The distance to which anything may be thrown
4. A woollen wrap or small rug (esp N American)
5. (also throwˈover) a piece of fabric spread over a piece of furniture, esp a bed or sofa, to improve its appearance or protect it
6. An article, item, turn, go, occasion, etc (informal)
7. A risky venture (informal)
8. The vertical displacement of a particular rock, vein or stratum due to a fault (cf lateral shift; geology)
9. A deflection caused by a sudden fluctuation (physics)
10. Amplitude of movement (physics)
11. A blow (Spenser)

throwˈer noun

throwˈing noun and adjective

thrown adjective

1. Twisted
2. Cast, flung

throwˈster noun

1. A person who twists silk thread into yarn
2. A gambler

throwˈaway noun

1. An advertisement brochure or handbill freely distributed to the public (N American)
2. A contest without serious competition
3. A line, or a joke, that an actor purposely delivers casually or without emphasis, often for the sake of realism

adjective

1. (of manner or technique) casual, without attempt at dramatic effect
2. Ridiculously cheap, as if being thrown away
3. Intended to be discarded or not recovered after use

throwˈback noun

1. A reversion (eg to an earlier developmental type)
2. A person, plant, etc showing characteristics of an earlier developmental type
3. A setback

throwˈ-down noun

A home-made firework, esp one that makes a noise when dropped on the ground

throwˈ-in noun

1. An act of throwing in
2. A throw to put the ball back into play (football, basketball, etc)

throwing stick noun

1. A grooved stick for giving a spear greater leverage when thrown
2. A throw stick

throwing table noun

A potter's wheel

thrown silk noun

Organzine

throwˈ-out noun

1. An act of throwing out
2. A rejected thing

throwˈover

See throw ( noun) above

throw rug noun

A small rug, decorative rather than utilitarian

throw stick noun

A weapon thrown whirling from the hand, such as the boomerang

throw weight noun

The maximum weight that can be lifted by a ballistic missile, incl the weight of the warhead(s) and guidance systems, but not the weight of the rocket itself

throw about or throw around

1. To spend (money) extravagantly or recklessly
2. To throw carelessly in different directions
3. (throw about) to cast about or try expedients (Spenser)

throw a fit (informal)

To have a fit, behave wildly

throw away

1. To reject, toss aside
2. To squander
3. To fail to take advantage of
4. To discard (a card)
5. (of an actor) to speak (lines) deliberately without emphasis
6. To bestow or expend on something unworthy

throw back

1. To retort, to refuse
2. To delay or hinder the progress of
3. To force (someone) to rely (on something)
4. To revert to some ancestral character

throw (caution, etc) to the winds see under wind¹

throw down

To demolish

throw down the gauntlet see under gauntlet¹

throw in

1. To interject
2. To throw (a football) back into play from the side of the pitch
3. To add as an extra at no extra cost

throw in one's lot see under lot

throw in the towel or throw in one's hand see under hand

throw mud at see under mud

throw off

1. To divest oneself of
2. To disengage or release oneself from
3. To tell or compose in an offhand way
4. To perplex or disconcert

throw on

To put on hastily

throw oneself at

To make a determined and obvious attempt to captivate

throw oneself into

To engage heartily in

throw oneself on or upon

1. To attack, assault
2. To entrust oneself to the power of

throw open

1. To cause to swing wide open
2. To make freely accessible

throw out

1. To cast out
2. To reject
3. To expel
4. To emit
5. To utter casually
6. To cause to project
7. To build (a projecting extension)
8. To cause to be misaligned
9. To disconcert or distract
10. To dismiss (a batsman) by throwing the ball at, and hitting, the wicket (cricket)
11. To put (the batter) out by throwing the ball to a fielder to prevent the batter from reaching a base (baseball)
12. To distance, leave behind

throw over

To discard, desert or jilt

throw together

1. To put together in a hurry
2. To bring into contact by chance

throw up

1. To erect hastily
2. To show prominently, to reveal
3. To give up, to resign
4. To vomit (informal)

throw up one's hands

To raise one's hands as an expression of exasperation, despair, horror, etc

throw up (something) against someone

To reproach someone with (something)

throw up the sponge see under sponge

• reddishness
• reddishnesses
• reddle
• reddled
• reddleman
• reddlemen
• reddles
• reddling
• red dog
• red-dog
• red dogs
• redds
• Red Duster
• red dwarf
• red dwarfs
• red dwarves
• reddy
• rede
• redeal
• redealing
• redeals
• redealt
• redecorate
• redecorated
• redecorates