Definition of throw

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Throw (v. t.) To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames..

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Betumble :: Betumble (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to tumble.
Everse :: Everse (v. t.) To overthrow or subvert.
Resound :: Resound (v. t.) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part..
Hip :: Hip (v. t.) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
Field :: Field (v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball..
Squib :: Squib (a.) A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack..
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other..
Grizzly :: Grizzly (a.) In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices..
Disaffirmance :: Disaffirmance (n.) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice..
Pelt :: Pelt (n.) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
Unhorse :: Unhorse (v. t.) To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage..
Backfall :: Backfall (n.) A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie..
Elimination :: Elimination (n.) The act of expelling or throwing of.
Slight :: Slight (v. t.) To throw heedlessly.
Flop :: Flop (v. i.) To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground..
Knockdown :: Knockdown (a.) Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.
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