n. 25B6; verb
she threw the ball back : HURL, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, catapult, project, propel; bowl; informal chuck, heave, sling, bung; N. Amer. informal peg; Austral. informal hoy; NZ informal bish; dated shy.
he threw the door open : PUSH, thrust, fling, bang, force.
a chandelier threw its light over the walls : CAST, send, give off, emit, radiate, project.
he threw another punch : DELIVER, give, land.
she threw a withering glance at him : DIRECT, cast, send, dart, shoot.
the horse threw his rider : UNSEAT, dislodge.
his question threw me : DISCONCERT, unnerve, fluster, ruffle, agitate, discomfit, put off, throw off balance, discountenance, unsettle, confuse; informal rattle, faze; N. Amer. informal discombobulate.
the pots were thrown on a wheel : SHAPE, form, mould, fashion.
he threw a farewell party for them : GIVE, host, hold, have, provide, put on, lay on, arrange, organize.
25B6; noun
we were allowed two throws each : LOB, pitch; go; bowl, ball.
(informal) drinks are only £1 a throw : EACH, apiece, per item.
25A0; throw something away
she hated throwing old clothes away : DISCARD, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, scrap, throw on the scrap heap, clear out, dump, jettison; informal chuck (away/out), ditch, bin, junk, get shut of; Brit. informal get shot of.
Cambridge threw away a 150 lead : SQUANDER, waste, fritter away, fail to exploit, lose, let slip; informal blow, throw something down the drain.
25A0; throw someone off SHAKE OFF, get away from, escape, elude, give someone the slip, throw off the scent, dodge, lose.
25A0; throw someone out EXPEL, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove; get rid of, depose, topple, unseat, overthrow, bring down, overturn, dislodge, displace, supplant, show someone the door; banish, deport, exile; informal boot out, kick out, give someone the boot; Brit. informal turf out.
25A0; throw something out
throw out food that's past its sell-by date. : See throw something away sense 1.
his case was thrown out by the magistrate : REJECT, dismiss, turn down, refuse, disallow, veto; informal give the thumbs down to.
a thermal light bulb throws out a lot of heat : RADIATE, emit, give off, send out, diffuse.
25A0; throw someone over ABANDON, leave, desert, discard, turn one's back on, cast aside/off; jilt, break up with, finish with, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry; informal dump, ditch, chuck, drop, walk out on, run out on, leave flat, give someone the push/elbow, give someone the big E; poetic/literary forsake.
25A0; throw up (informal) . See vomit verb sense 1.
25A0; throw something up GIVE UP, abandon, relinquish, resign (from), leave; informal quit, chuck, pack in; Brit. informal jack in.