Thrōw1, v. t.
(thrō), v. t. [imp. THREW; p. p. THROWN; p. pr. & vb. n. THROWING.] [A-S. thrōwan, to twist, turn, throw, O. H. Ger. drājan, drāhan, N. H. Ger. drehen, D. draaijen, to turn, twist.]
Sense 1. To fling or cast in a winding direction; to whirl; to hurl.
Sense 2. Hence, to fling or cast in any manner; to propel; to send; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire-engine throws water to extinguish flames.
Sense 3. To wind or twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to that of the singles themselves;—sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. Tomlinson.
Sense 4. (Pottery.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing-engine, or potter’s wheel, as earthen vessels.
Sense 5. To venture at dice.
Set less than thou throwest. Shak.
Sense 6. To divest or strip one’s self of; to put off.
There the snake throws the enameled skin. Shak.
Sense 7. To cast; to send.
I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry’s teeth. Shak.
Sense 8. To put on; to spread carelessly.
O’er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. Pope.
Sense 9. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
Sense 10. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors thrown upon a rock.
Sense 11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear;—said especially of rabbits.
To throw away. (a.) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b.) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer.—To throw back. (a.) To retort; to cast back, as a reply. (b.) To reject; to refuse.—To throw by, to lay aside or neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment.—To throw down. (a.) To subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall. (b.) To bring down from a high station; to degrade.—To throw in. (a.) To inject, as a fluid. (b.) To put in; to deposit with others; to add without enumeration or valuation. (c.) To give up or relinquish.—To throw off. (a.) To expel; to clear from; as, to throw off a disease. (b.) To reject; to discard; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent.—To throw on, to cast on; to load.—To throw one’s self down, to lie down.—To throw one’s self on, or upon, to resign one’s self to the favor, clemency, or sustaining power of; to repose upon.—To throw out. (a.) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. “The other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should enjoy their exile.” Swift. “The bill was thrown out.” Swift. (b.) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuations or observations. “She throws out thrilling shrieks.” Spenser. (c.) To distance; to leave behind. [Rare.] Addison.—To throw up. (a.) To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a commission. “Experienced gamesters throw up their cards when they know that the game is in the enemy’s hand.” Addison. (b.) To discharge from the stomach.