throw

CEFRA1

/θɹoʊ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To send something through the air with your hand.

  2. 02

    noun

    An act of sending something through the air.

Examples

  • Take what you want and throw the rest away.

  • Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To eject or cause to fall off.

  2. To move to another position or condition; to displace.

  3. To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

More examples

In context

  • Can you throw a fastball?

  • If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.

  • throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider

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Origin

verb

From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”). Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting.