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throw::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | give |
| Type of | communicate, intercommunicate |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate |
| Type of | discomfit, untune, disconcert, discompose, upset |
throw::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle |
| Type of | be |
| Has types | beat, dumbfound, vex, flummox, disorientate, disorient, stupefy, stick, get, puzzle, pose, perplex, nonplus, mystify, demoralize, amaze, gravel, baffle, bewilder |
| Verb group | disconcert, put off, flurry, confuse |
throw::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding |
throw::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | move |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | impel, propel |
| Has types | chuck, cast, bombard, drive, deliver, ground, heave, hurl, hurtle, defenestrate, jettison, juggle, lob, deep-six, pass, pelt, pitch, prostrate, ridge, shy, skim, skip, skitter, slam, throw overboard, toss, flap down, flick, fling, flip |
| Derivation | thrower |
throw a frisbee.
Examples of throw
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Hansbrough finished with 17 for ND, including 10-of-10 from the free throw line.
From the dailyherald.com
Gaston has a personal best shot put throw of 40-9 at an indoor meet last season.
From the stltoday.com
Not a bad deal and we can even throw in a second round pick to sweeten the deal.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Being a first baseman, we don't really get to throw the ball around much at all.
From the bostonherald.com
I'm tired of watching us just throw the ball around and take a contested jumper.
From the omaha.com
Notre Dame went 12 of 21 from the free-throw line during the opening 20 minutes.
From the usatoday.com
If children scuff the already smudged surface near the free-throw line, so what?
From the denverpost.com
If even one team does the unexpected, it could throw several picks out of whack.
From the stltoday.com
He made half of his shots from the field and all eight from the free-throw line.
From the timesunion.com
- Propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
- The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
- A single chance or instance; "he couldn't afford $50 a throw"
- Move violently, energetically, or carelessly; "She threw herself forwards"
- Shed: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
- The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- In film terminology, throw is the distance of a movie projector from the screen. It is the distance the image is thrown onto the screen, and it has a large effect on screen size. ...
- The Coral Sea is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1996.
- (Throwing (knitting)) English knitting, also known as right-hand knitting or throwing, is a style of Western knitting where the yarn about to be knit into the fabric is carried in the right hand. This style is prevalent throughout the English-speaking world, though it is by no means universal.
