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Word: throw (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
  • A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
  • A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
  • veterinary The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
  • obsolete A moment, time, occasion.
  • obsolete A period of time; a while.
  • Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe
  • The flight of a thrown object; as, a fast throw.

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Verb:

  • ceramics To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
  • transitive|computing To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
  • transitive|cricket Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
  • sports to intentionally lose a game
  • informal To confuse or mislead.
  • transitive To cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
  • transitive To eject or cause to fall off.
  • transitive To move to another position; to displace.

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