Throw

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'θɻɔʊ/

Verb

Infinitive to throw

Third person singular throws

Simple past threw

Past participle thrown

Present participle throwing

1. To make an object fly through the air.
2. To eject or cause to fall off.

   throw a shoe; throw a rod

3. To move to another position; displace.

   throw the switch

4. (ceramics) To make a pot by pulling clay as it turns on a wheel.

   to throw a pot

5. (cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver the ball illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

Translations

Arabic: رمى (rámma) Chinese: 丟 (diū) Dutch: werpen (1), gooien (1), smijten (1), afwerpen (2), omgooien (3), kleien (4) Esperanto: ĵeti Finnish: heittää (1) French: jeter, lancer German: werfen Hungarian: dobni Indonesian: melempar, melontarkan

Italian: gettare Japanese: 投げる (なげる, nageru) Korean: 던지다 (deonjida) Portuguese: atirar Russian: бросать (brosát’) Slovene: vreči (1) Spanish: arrojar, lanzar Swahili: kutupa (1) Swedish: kasta Telugu: విసురు (visuru)

Noun

Singular throw

Plural throws

1. The flight of a thrown object; as, a fast throw.
2. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
3. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
4. A single instance, occurance, venture, or chance

   Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw

Translations

Dutch: worp m. (1), gooi m. (1), verplaatsing f. (2) Esperanto: ĵeto (1) French: jet m.(1), lancement m. (1)

Slovene: met m. (1) Spanish: lanzamiento m. (1)

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