1. Propel through the air
   "throw a frisbee";
   - wing
    
2. Place or put with great energy
   "She threw the blanket around the child";
   - thrust
    
3. Move violently, energetically, or carelessly
   "She threw herself forwards"
    
4. Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
   "Throw a glance";
   - give
    
5. Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
   "throw the lever";
   - flip, switch
    
6. Put or send forth
   "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows";
   - project, cast, contrive
    
7. To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
   "Jane threw dinner together"; "throw the car into reverse"
    
8. Utter with force; utter vehemently
   "throw accusations at someone";
   - hurl
    
9. Organize or be responsible for
   "have, throw, or make a party";
   - hold, have, make, give
    
10. Make on a potter's wheel
    "she threw a beautiful teapot"
     
11. Cause to fall off
    "The horse threw its inexperienced rider"
     
12. Cast a die or dice onto a flat surface and look at the number or numbers
    "Throw a six"
     
13. Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
    "This question completely threw me";
    - confuse, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
     
14. Confuse or disorient completely
    "The complex instructions threw the new employee";
    - bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate [informal]
     
15. [informal] (sports) deliberately lose, esp. for a bribe or to make money on a bet
    "The boxer was accused of throwing the fight"

1. The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
   "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
    
2. A single chance or instance
   "he couldn't afford $50 a throw"
    
3. Casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
   "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice"
    
4. The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
   "The engineer adjusted the cam throw to optimize the engine's performance";
   - stroke, cam stroke
    
5. Bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
   "She draped a colourful throw over the back of the sofa"

Sounds like: throne, t, throw

Derived forms: throwing, threw, throws, thrown

Type of: actuation, affect, bear on, bear upon, bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding, betting, bump, chance, communicate, direct, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, dislodge, engage, express, forge, form, gambling, gaming, give tongue to, impact, impel, intercommunicate, lay, lock, mesh, mold [N. Amer], motion, mould [Brit, Cdn], move, movement, operate, opportunity, place, play, pose, position, propel, propulsion, put, release, send, set, shape, turn, untune [rare], upset, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, work

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