THROW

Meaning of THROW in English

verb

BAD : He picked up a small stone and threw it to Sally's window.

GOOD : He picked up a small stone and threw it at Sally's window.

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You throw an object at the person or thing you want to hit (NOT to ): 'One day Dr Roseberry lost his temper and threw a book at me.'

BAD : Some smokers just throw their cigarette ends.

GOOD : Some smokers just throw their cigarette ends on the ground.

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throw sth + away/down/on the ground etc : 'You could save the paper for recycling instead of just throwing it away.'

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THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; or dialect throwed ˈthrōd ; or trun ˈtrən ; thrown ˈthrōn ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; thrown ˈthrōn ; throw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, throwen to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROW — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. throw ·noun an effort; a violent sally. 3. throw ·noun a turner's lathe; a …
Webster English vocab
THROW — [throw] vb threw ; thrown ; throw.ing [ME thrawen, throwen to cause to twist, throw, fr. OE thrawan to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROW — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1. propel with some force through the air or in a …
Oxford English vocab
THROW — ( throws, throwing, threw, thrown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — n. throw away throw back throw down throw in throw off throw out throw over throw up throwing away
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THROW — INDEX: to throw something through the air 1. to throw something 2. to throw a ball in a game 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROW — n. 25B6; verb she threw the ball back : HURL, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, catapult, project, propel; bowl; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — v. 1 toss, cast, hurl, fling, sling, pitch, dash, propel, project, shy, bowl, send, launch, Colloq chuck He threw the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спорт бросок (прием в различных видах борьбы) в) дальность броска; расстояние, на которое …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — throw.ogg 1. θrəʋ n 1. бросание; бросок at a single throw - одним ударом; сразу to have a throw at …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THROW — 1) бросание 2) бросать 3) бросить 4) бросок 5) машиностр. бросок стрелки 6) выбрасывать 7) докидывать 8) запускать 9) зашвыривать 10) колено 11) метание 12) метанный 13) метать 14) накидной 15) наметывать 16) нашвыривать 17) откидывать 18) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THROW — 1. θrəʋ n 1. бросание; бросок at a single throw - одним ударом; сразу to have a throw at smth. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спец. бросок костей при игре в нарды ( тж. количество очков, выпавшее в …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спец. бросок костей при игре в нарды (тж. количество очков, выпавшее в сумме на обеих костях) They …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
THROW — 1. _n. 1> бросание; бросок 2> дальность броска; расстояние, на которое можно метнуть диск и т. п. 3> риск, рискованное …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
THROW — 1. n. 1. бросание; бросок 2. дальность броска; расстояние, на которое можно метнуть диск и т. п. 3. риск, рискованное …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
THROW — 1) толчок; ход поршня; радиус кривошипа 2) бросок (стрелки измерительного прибора) 3) сброс 4) кидать; бросать • to throw a bridge — наводить мост to throw …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
THROW — 1. толчок 2. радиус кривошипа 3. ход (поршня, шатуна) 4. эксцентриситет 5. отклонение ствола скважины (от заданной траектории) to throw off …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
THROW — 1. _n. 1> бросание; бросок 2> дальность броска; расстояние, на которое можно метнуть диск и т.п. 3> риск, рискованное дело …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
THROW — 1) ход (напр. талера) , полное перемещение; подача 2) радиус кривошипа 3) колено, коленчатый рычаг 4) проекционное расстояние - throw …
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
THROW — throw n 1. infml esp AmE Have another throw at it, why don't you? Что ты не попробуешь еще раз? …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спорт бросок (прием в различных видах борьбы) в) дальность броска; расстояние, на которое …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — v. jettar, lansar
English interlingue dictionary
THROW — ilabay;ilayo;salibay
English-Visayan vocabulary
THROW — I. verb (threw; ~n; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, ~en to cause to twist, ~, from Old English thrāwan to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THROW — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) discus throw hammer throw javelin throw
Английский словарь Британика
THROW — (v. t.) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
Английский словарь Webster
THROW — (v. t.) To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
Английский словарь Webster
THROW — (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
Английский словарь Webster
THROW — (v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
Английский словарь Webster
THROW — (v. t.) To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
Английский словарь Webster
THROW — (v. t.) To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an …
Английский словарь Webster
THROW — (v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- …
Английский словарь Webster
THROW — (n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
Английский словарь Webster
THROW — (n.) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
Английский словарь Webster
THROW — ( v. t. ) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. t. ) To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( v. i. ) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( n. ) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( n. ) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( n. ) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( n. ) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( n. ) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( n. ) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — ( n. ) An effort; a violent sally.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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