Found 1 hit - Term: to throw on, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
throw \throw\, v. t. imp. threw thrudd; p. p. thrown
thr=on; p. pr. vb. n. throwing. oe. thornrowen,
thornrawen, to throw, to twist, as. thornr=awan to
twist, to whirl; akin to d. draaijen, g. drehen, ohg.
dr=ajan, l. terebra an auger, gimlet, gr. ? to bore, to
turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. cf. thread, trite, turn,
v. t.
1. to fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of
the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss,
or to bowl.
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2. 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.
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3. to drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be
thrown upon a rock.
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4. mil. to cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw
a detachment of his army across the river.
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5. to overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws
his antagonist.
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6. to cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
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set less than thou throwest. --shak.
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7. to put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
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o'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. --pope.
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8. to divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
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there the snake throws her enameled skin. --shak.
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9. pottery to form or shape roughly on a throwing engine,
or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
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10. to give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
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i have thrown
a brave defiance in king henry's teeth. --shak.
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11. to bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said
especially of rabbits.
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12. 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. --tomlinson.
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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.
c to reflect, as light.
to throw by, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as
useless; as, to throw by a garment.
to throw down, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to
throw down a fence or wall.
to throw in.
a to inject, as a fluid.
b to put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as,
to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to
throw in an occasional comment.
c to add without enumeration or valuation, as something
extra to clinch a bargain.
to throw off.
a to expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a
disease.
b to reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off
all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent.
c to make a start in a hunt or race. eng.
to throw on, to cast on; to load.
to throw one's self down, to lie down neglectively or
suddenly.
to throw one's self on or to throw one's self upon.
a to fall upon.
b to resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or
sustain power of another; 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 insinuation or observation. "she throws out
thrilling shrieks." --spenser.
c to distance; to leave behind. --addison.
d to cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an
abutment.
e to give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws
out a brilliant light.
f to put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often
throws out an orator.
to throw over, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to
discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties.
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 reject from the stomach; to vomit.
c to construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of
earth.
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see also:
threw thrown throwing thread trite turn
to throw away to throw back to throw by to throw down to throw in
to throw off to throw on to throw one's self down to throw one's self on to throw one's self upon
to throw out to throw over to throw up
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