throws

noun

The act of throwing something.

(martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.

One’s ability to throw.

The distance travelled by something thrown.

The flight of a thrown object.

A distance travelled in general; displacement.

A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

(informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.

Obsolete spelling of throe. [A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.]

(historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.

(obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.

(obsolete) A period of time; a while.

verb

(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

(transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.

(transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

(transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

(transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

(sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.

(sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).

(transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.

(transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.

(transitive) To imprison.

(transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.

(ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).

(transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

(transitive, bridge) To discard.

(martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.

(transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.

(transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

(transitive) To project or send forth.

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) 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.

(baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).

(transitive) To install (a bridge).

(American football) Synonym of pass.

(transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.

(transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).

Obsolete spelling of throe. [(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.]

(obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.

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