Definition of throw

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Throw (n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw..

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Cast :: Cast (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
Reflecting :: Reflecting (a.) Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river)..
Field :: Field (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder..
Shine :: Shine (v. t.) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone..
Throw :: Throw (n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
Ree :: Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten..
Gardyloo :: Gardyloo (n.) An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh..
Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload..
Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given..
Field :: Field (v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball..
Pelt :: Pelt (v. i.) To throw out words.
Holophote :: Holophote (n.) A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.
Upthrow :: Upthrow (v. t.) To throw up.
Ejaculate :: Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer..
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