Difference between revisions of "Throw"

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; - distinguished from to toss, or to bowl. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To cast, as dice; to venture at dice. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' n.) A turner's lathe; a throwe. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent. </p> <p> '''(13):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; - said especially of rabbits. </p> <p> '''(14):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; - sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. </p> <p> '''(15):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice. </p> <p> '''(16):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast. </p> <p> '''(17):''' ''' (''' n.) A stroke; a blow. </p> <p> '''(18):''' ''' (''' n.) A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw. </p> <p> '''(19):''' ''' (''' n.) An effort; a violent sally. </p> <p> '''(20):''' ''' (''' n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston. </p> <p> '''(21):''' ''' (''' n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a). </p> <p> '''(22):''' ''' (''' n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; - according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow. </p> <p> '''(23):''' ''' (''' n.) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. </p> <p> '''(24):''' ''' (''' n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. </p>

<p> [[Throw]] pret. threw pp. thrown. Gr. to run L. trochilus. </p> 1. Properly, to hurl to whirl to fling or cast in a winding direction. 2. To fling or cast in any manner to propel to send to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine. Thus we throw stones or dust with the hand a cannon throws a ball a bomb throws a shell. The Roman balista threw various weapons. A fire engine throws water to extinguish flames. 3. To wind as, to throw silk. 4. To turn as, to throw balls in a lathe. <p> Not in general use. </p> 5. To venture at dice. <p> Set less than thou throwest. </p> 6. To cast to divest or strip one's self of to put off as, a serpent throws his skin. 7. To cast to send. <p> I have thrown </p> <p> A brave defiance in king Henry's teeth. </p> 8. To put on to spread carelessly. <p> O'er his fair limbs a flow'ry vest he threw. </p> 9. To overturn to prostrate in wrestling as, a man throws his antagonist. 10. To cast to drive by violence as a vessel or sailors thrown upon a rock. <p> To throw away, to lose by neglect or folly to spend in vain as, to throw away time to throw away money. </p> 1. To bestow without a compensation. 2. To reject as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. <p> To throw by, to lay aside or neglect as useless as, to throw by a garment. </p> <p> To throw down, to subvert to overthrow to destroy as, to throw down a fence or wall. </p> 1. To bring down from a high station to depress. <p> To throw in, to inject. </p> 1. To put in to deposit with others also, to give up or relinquish. <p> To throw off, to expel to clear from as, to throw off a disease. </p> 1. To reject to discard as, to throw off all sense of shame to throw off a dependent. <p> To throw on, to cast on to load. </p> <p> To throw out, to cast out to reject or discard to expel. </p> 1. To utter carelessly to speak as, to throw out insinuations or observations. 2. To exert to bring forth into act. <p> She throws out thrilling shrieks. </p> 3. To distance to leave behind. 4. To exclude to reject. The bill was thrown out on the second reading. <p> To throw up, to resign as, to throw up a commission. </p> 1. To resign angrily. <p> Bad games are thrown up too soon. </p> 2. To discharge from the stomach. <p> To throw one's self down, to lie down. </p> <p> To throw one's self on, to resign one's self to the favor, clemency or sustaining power of another to repose. </p> <p> THROW, To perform the act of throwing. </p> 1. To cast dice. <p> To throw about, to cast about to try expedients. Not much used. </p> <p> THROW, n. The act of hurling or flinging a cast a driving or propelling from the hand or from an engine. </p> <p> He heav'd a stone, and rising to the throw, </p> <p> He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe. </p> 1. A cast of dice and the manner in which dice fall when cast as a good throw. None but a fool hazards all upon one throw. 2. The distance which a missile is or may be thrown as a stone's throw. 3. A stroke a blow. <p> Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws. </p> 4. Effort violent sally. <p> Your youth admires </p> <p> The throws and swellings of a Roman soul. </p> 5. The agony of travail. See Throe. 6. A turner's lathe. Local.

<div> '''1: '''''Βάλλω''''' ''' (Strong'S #906 — Verb — ballo — bal'-lo ) </div> <p> "to cast, to throw," is rendered "to throw" in &nbsp;Mark 12:42 , AV (RV, "cast"); so &nbsp;Acts 22:23 (2nd part); "to throw down," &nbsp; Revelation 18:21 (2nd part), AV (RV, "cast down"). See [[Cast]] , No. 1. </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ῥίπτω''''' ''' (Strong'S #4496 — Verb — rhipto — hrip'-to ) </div> <p> "to hurl, throw, throw off," is rendered "had thrown... down" in &nbsp;Luke 4:35 , RV (AV, "had thrown"). See Cast , No. 2. </p> <div> '''3: '''''Κατακρημνίζω''''' ''' (Strong'S #2630 — Verb — katakremnizo — kat-ak-rame-nid'-zo ) </div> <p> "to throw over a precipice" (kremnos), "cast down headlong," is rendered "throw ... down" in &nbsp;Luke 4:29 (AV, "cast ... down headlong"). </p> <div> '''4: '''''Καταλύω''''' ''' (Strong'S #2647 — Verb — kataluo — kat-al-oo'-o ) </div> <p> lit., "to loosen down," is rendered "to throw down" (of the stones of the Temple) in &nbsp;Matthew 24:2 and parallel passages. See [[Destroy]] , No. 5. </p>