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==English==
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===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|thrō|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/θɹəʊ/|[θɾ̪̊əʊ]}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-throe.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{enPR|thrō|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/θɹoʊ/|[θɾ̪̊oʊ]}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-throw.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-throw.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{homophones|en|throe}}
* {{rhymes|en|əʊ|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*terh₁-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|throwen}}, {{m|enm|thrawen}}, from {{inh|en|ang|þrāwan|t=to turn, twist}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*þrāan}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þrēaną|t=to twist, turn}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*terh₁-|t=to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn}}.

Cognate with {{cog|sco|thraw|t=to twist, turn, throw}}, {{cog|fy|triuwe|t=to push}}, {{cog|nl|draaien|t=to turn}}, {{cog|nds|draien}}, {{m|nds|dreien|t=to turn (in a lathe)}}, {{cog|de|drehen|t=to turn}}.

{{displaced|en|sl=1|warp}} as the word for hurling and was {{displaced|en|nocap=1|sl=1|by=1|warp}} as the word for twisting.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|||threw|past2=~ed|past2_qual=nonstandard|n|past_ptc2=~ed|past_ptc3=threw|past_ptc2_qual=nonstandard|past_ptc3_qual=nonstandard}}
[[File:Le lanceur de coco.jpg|thumb|upright|A man '''throws''' a coconut on a beach in [[Ivory Coast]] (1) ]]

# {{lb|en|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]].
#: {{syn|en|bowl|bung|buzz|cast|catapult|chuck|dash|direct|fire|fling|flip|heave|hurl|launch|lob|pitch|project|propel|send|shoot|shy|sling|toss|whang}}
#: {{ux|en|'''throw''' a shoe; '''throw''' a javelin; the horse '''threw''' its rider}}
#* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=5|passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor '''threw''' shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[eject]] or cause to fall off.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Midsummer|II|i|passage=There the snake '''throws''' her enamelled skin.}}
#: {{syn|en|eject|throw [[off]]}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To move to another [[position]] or [[condition]]; to [[displace]].
#: {{syn|en|displace|relocate}}
#: {{ux|en|'''throw''' the switch}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=17|passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. '''Thrown''' on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|ceramics}} To make (a [[pot]]) by shaping [[clay]] as it turns on a [[wheel]].
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2009-01-19|author=Linda Franz|title=Basic Pottery Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=9780811741859
|text=Through practice, you'll learn how to add the right amount of water as you '''throw''' a pot, and your fingers will feel when the pot has reached the proper thickness.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|cricket|of a [[bowler]]}} To [[deliver]] (the ball) [[illegally]] by [[straighten]]ing the [[bowling]] arm during delivery.
# {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To send (an [[error]]) to an [[exception]]-handling mechanism in order to [[interrupt]] normal [[processing]].
#: {{ux|en|If the file is read-only, the method '''throws''' an invalid-operation exception.}}
# {{lb|en|sports|video games}} To intentionally [[lose]] a game.
#: {{syn|en|take a dive}}
#: {{ux|en|The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to '''throw''' the match.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|date=August 1 2012|author=Peter Walker; Haroon Siddique|publisher=Guardian Unlimited|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/01/london-2012-badminton-disqualified-olympics?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT758I2|title=Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'
|passage=Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to '''throw''' matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.}}
# {{lb|en|sports|transitive}} (of a game where one's role is throwing something) to [[perform]] in a specified way in (a match).
#: {{ux|en|The pitcher '''threw''' a perfect game.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[confuse]] or [[mislead]].
#: {{ux|en|The deliberate red herring '''threw''' me at first.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1999|author=Jan Blackstone-Ford|title=The Custody Solutions Sourcebook| page=196| passage="Jann, why does he hate me so much?" That question '''threw''' me. I was expecting a lunatic yelling profanities.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To send desperately.
#: {{ux|en|Their sergeant '''threw''' the troops into pitched battle.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=December 28, 2010|author=Marc Vesty| work=BBC| title=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9306533.stm Stoke 0-2 Fulham]| passage=Stoke '''threw''' men forward in numbers as they attempted to find a way back into the game, and Mark Schwarzer was forced into a low save from Huth's close-range effort.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[imprison]].
#: {{ux|en|The magistrate ordered the suspect to be '''thrown''' into jail.}}
#* {{RQ:Mary Shelley Frankenstein||text=The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were '''thrown''' into prison.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1993|author=Margaret McKee; Fred Chisenhall|title=Beale black & blue: life and music on black America's main street|page=30
|passage=The standard method of dealing with an addict was to arrest him, '''throw''' him into a cell, and leave him until the agonizing pangs of withdrawal were over.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[organize]] an [[event]], especially a [[party]].
#: {{ux|en|She was known for '''throwing''' the craziest parties in college.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=March 1, 1986|work=Evening News| title=[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RTpRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sTMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,4161&dq=throwing-a-bash&hl=en Bash Planned]| passage=And now, Clevelanders hoping to bring the Rock Roll Hall of Fame to their city are '''throwing''' a bash to commemorate the 34th birthday of disc Jockey Alan Freed's "Moondog Coronation Ball".}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1979|journal=Working Mother|month=July|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=SWEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72&dq=%22throw+a+party%22&hl=en&ei=KGUeTbvyA426hAfw6OC3Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=%22throw%20a%20party%22&f=false|page=72
|passage=Should you be interested, for whatever reason, it will tell you how to '''throw a party''' for your 40-year-old husband or your 100-year-old great-grandmother. It also describes games that can be played at various kinds of parties{{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[roll]] (a [[die]] or [[dice]]).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1844|translator=Samuel Laing|author=w:Snorri Sturluson|title=Heimskringla
|passage=The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who threw the highest should have the district. The Swedish king threw two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely '''throw'''.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause a certain number on the [[die]] or [[dice]] to be shown after rolling it.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1844|translator=Samuel Laing|author=w:Snorri Sturluson|title=Heimskringla
|passage=The kings came to the agreement between themselves that they would cast lots by the dice to determine who should have this property, and that he who '''threw''' the highest should have the district. The Swedish king '''threw''' two sixes, and said King Olaf need scarcely throw.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|bridge}} To [[discard]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=January 4, 1990|work=w:The Washington Times| title=[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0EE986FB9BC0E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Sharp coup overcomes trump split]| passage=Declarer '''threw''' his queen of spades on the high diamond. He then won the last three tricks with his ace, queen and nine of hearts behind East's jack third.}}
# {{lb|en|martial arts}} To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
# {{lb|en|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.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=April 13, 2005|author=Leon Neyfakh| work=Harvard Crimson| title=[http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/4/13/bookends-will-the-real-jonathan-safran/ BOOKENDS: Will the Real Jonathan Safran Foer Please Stand Up]| passage=“Then, when I '''throw''' my voice, when I speak as someone who's quite different from me, it starts to feel very authentic.”}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To show sudden [[emotion]], especially anger.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1991|author=Janet L. Davies; Ellen Hastings Janosik|title=Mental health and psychiatric nursing: a caring approach
|passage=Bill runs into the kitchen and tells Dad that Erik is '''throwing''' a tantrum. He tells Bill to go back and watch his program and to ignore his brother. Fifteen minutes later, Erik is still screaming{{...}}}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=19 Aug 1996|journal=New York Magazine|volume=29|number=32|title=Entertaining Mrs Stone
|passage=In 1975, pregnant with the second of her three children, she '''threw''' a hissy fit to get on a trip to Boston for elected officials.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[project]] or [[send forth]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1900|author=w:Charles W. Chesnutt| title=w:The House Behind the Cedars| chapter=I| passage=Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he '''threw''' an affectionate glance.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=June 11, 2007|author=Claude Salhani|work=UPI| title=[http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2007/06/11/Analysis-Irony-of-Bushs-European-tour/UPI-12171181568318/ Analysis: Irony of Bush's European tour]| passage=In other European cities the president visited this week, people waited for his motorcade to pass to '''throw''' insults at him, requiring the police to intervene with batons, water cannons and tear gas.}}
# To [[put on]] [[hastily]]; to [[spread]] [[carelessly]]. {{attention|en|I don't see, that "spreading" could be any meaning of "putting on". Was it meant to be a second meaning?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1726|chapter=Book III|title={{w|Odyssey|The Odyssey}}|by=w:Homer|author=[[w:Alexander Pope|Alexander, transl. Pope]]|line=596|newversion=republished in|title2=The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope|location2=Boston, New York|publisher2=Houghton, Mifflin and Company|year2=1902|page2=543|pageurl2=https://archive.org/details/completepoetical00pope/page/543|passage=O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he '''threw'''.}}
# 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.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1829|author=Stephen Glover; Thomas Noble|title=The History of the County of Derby|passage=A person named Crocket endeavoured to '''throw''' silk at Derby in the year 1702 ; but his machinery was imperfect}}
# {{lb|en|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]]).
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=Michael T. Lynch, Jr.|title=It Ain't So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond|pageurl=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QliQBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA63&dq=%22throw+lefty%7Crighty%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22throw%20lefty%7Crighty%22&f=false|page=63|isbn=0786441895
|passage=I have a minor quibble with Gleason's decision to '''throw''' Lefty Williams in Game Eight with the Series in the balance.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To install (a bridge).
#* '''1860''', Fredrika Bremer (trans. Mary Howitt), ''Life in the Old World'', v. 1, p. 164.
#*: {{...}} across the rapid smaragdus-green waters, pouring onward into the country, are '''thrown''' three bridges ...
# {{lb|en|obsolete|Scotland|Northern England}} To [[twist]] or [[turn]].
#: {{ux|en|a '''thrown''' nail}}
# {{lb|en|American football}} {{synonym of|en|pass}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|of a punch or boxing combination}} To [[deliver]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1941|journal=Newsweek|volume=18|page=54|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Newsweek/lFAQAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Throw+a+punch%22&dq=%22Throw+a+punch%22&printsec=frontcover
|passage=···not only did I not want to '''throw''' a punch at him, I wanted to give him a solid silver token of thanks···}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|veterinary medicine}} Of animals: to [[give birth]] to (young).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1916|title=Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association|volume=49
|passage=At the end of the normal gestation period the cow '''threw''' two calf mummies as large as cats.}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=2008|author=w:Monte Dwyer|title=Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes|publisher=Monyer Pty Ltd|page=200|text="They can kid twice a year if things are right, and they often '''throw''' twins and triplets."}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{en-conj|old=1|past=threw|past_ptc=thrown|past_ptc2=thrun|past_ptc2_qual=note1|note1=Dialectal.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* See also [[Thesaurus:throw]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en
|bethrow|throw an ant into a sty|throw one's voice|throw one's weight behind|throw open|throw pearls before swine|throw someone a curveball|throw stones|throw the bull|throw the hatchet|throw them bows|throw under a bus
|forthrow
|like throwing a hot dog down a hallway
|offthrow
|outthrow
|overthrow
|throw a bone to|throw off on|throw oneself behind|throw tantrums|throw wobblies
|throw a fit|throw a mickey|throw a wet blanket on|throw nickels around like manhole covers|throw the rulebook at
|throw a party
|[[throw away]]<!--verb-->, [[throw-away]]<!--adjective,noun-->
|throw a spanner in the works
|throw a wobbly
|throw a wrench in the works
|throwback
|throw down the gauntlet
|throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
|throw in the sponge
|throw in the towel|throw one's hotdog down someone's hallway
|throwing <!--as in "throwing arm"-->
|throw off
|throw oneself at
|throw oneself into
|throw oneself on
|throw oneself upon
|throw one's weight around
|throw out
|throw shapes
|throw the baby out with the bathwater
|throw the book at
|throw up
|upthrow
|throw a kiss|throw a monkey wrench in the works|throw a monkey wrench into the works|throw a sickie|throw a spanner in the works|throw a spanner into the works|throw a sprat to catch a mackerel|throw a tantrum|throw a wrench in|throw a wrench in the gears|throw a wrench in the works|throw a wrench into the works|throw about|throw an eye|throw aside|throw away the key|throw back|throw BBs
|throw the bull around|throw the handkerchief|throw things at the wall and see what sticks|throw to the dogs|throw to the lions|throw to the wind|throw to the winds|throw to the wolves|throw together|throw true|throw under the bus|throw up one's hands|throw up the sponge|throw one's cap over the windmill|throw one's hat in the ring|throw one's hat into the ring|throw one's hat over the fence|throw one's hat over the wall|throw one's hat over the windmill|throw one's luck in with|throw one's name in the hat|throw one's rattle out of the cot|throw one's rattle out of the pram|throw one's toys out of the cot|throw one's toys out of the pram|throw oneself on someone's mercy not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of|people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones|throw by|throw caution to the wind|throw chunks|throw cold water on|throw dirt|throw dirt on|throw down|throw down one's tools|throw dust in someone's eyes|throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick|throw for a loop|throw gas on the fire|throw gasoline on the fire|throw good money after bad|throw hands|throw in|throw in at the deep end|throw in one's hand|throw in one's lot with|throw in the bark|throw in the cards|throw in with|throw into a cocked hat|throw it back|throw light on|throw money around|throw off balance|throw off the trail|throw on|throw out|throw under the bus|throw up one's hands|throw up the sponge|throw-crook|trust someone as far as one could throw them}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to cause an object to move rapidly through the air}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|hedh}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|رَمَى}}, {{t+|ar|صَبَّ}}, {{t+|ar|اِنْدَفَعَ}}, {{t|ar|قَذَفَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|رمى|tr=rama}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|رمى|tr=rama}}
*: North Levantine Arabic: {{t|apc|زت|tr=zatt}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|նետել}}, {{t+|hy|շպրտել}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|aruc}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|দলিওৱা}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|llanzar}}, {{t|ast|tirar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|atmaq}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|bota}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|кіда́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|кі́нуць|pf}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|बीगल}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|teurel}}, {{t|br|teulel}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|хвъ́рлям}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ပစ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llançar}}, {{t+|ca|tirar}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|labay}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|кхосса}}
* Cheyenne: {{t|chy|-a'ha}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|抛|tr=pāo}}, {{t+|cmn|投|tr=tóu}}, {{t+|cmn|扔|tr=rēng}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|teulel}}, {{t|kw|towlel}}, {{t|kw|towla}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vrhat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|vrhnout|pf}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|truar}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|kaste}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|werpen}}, {{t+|nl|gooien}}, {{t+|nl|smijten}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ĵeti}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|heitma}}, {{t+|et|viskama}}
* Even: {{t|eve|нода-}}
* Evenki: {{t|evn|нода-}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|kasta}}, {{t+|fo|blaka}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|heittää}}, {{t+|fi|viskata}}, {{t+|fi|nakata}}
*: {{q|repeatedly, continuously and/or indifferently}} {{t+|fi|heitellä}}, {{t+|fi|viskoa}}, {{t+|fi|viskellä}}, {{t+|fi|nakella}}, {{t+|fi|paiskoa}}
*: {{q|suddenly and/or forcefully}} {{t+|fi|heittää}}, {{t|fi|viskaista}}, {{t+|fi|paiskata}}, {{t|fi|paiskaista}}
* French: {{t+|fr|jeter}}, {{t+|fr|lancer}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|slançâ}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|lanzar}}, {{t+|gl|tirar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გადაგდება}}
* German: {{t+|de|werfen}}, {{t+|de|schmeißen}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ρίχνω}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|βάλλω}}, {{t|grc|ῥίπτω}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|זרק|tr=zarák}}, {{t|he|העיף|tr=he'íf}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|lambug}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|pilak}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|फेंकना}}
* Hittite: {{t|hit|𒁉𒌍𒅆𒄑𒍣|tr=pé-eš-ši-ez-zi}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|dob}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|kasta}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|lempar}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|visata}}, {{t|izh|heittää}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|кхосса}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|caith}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|fo·ceird}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|gettare}}, {{t+|it|lanciare}}, {{t+|it|tirare}}, {{t+|it|buttare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|投げる|tr=なげる, nageru}}, {{t+|ja|投じる|tr=とうじる, tōjiru}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|sawat}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|лақтыру}}, {{t+|kk|тастау}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|បោះ|tr=bɑh}}, {{t+|km|ចោល|tr=caol}}
* Khmu: {{t|kjg|ຫວັດ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|던지다}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|атмакъ}}, {{t|kum|ташламакъ}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ھاوێشتن}}, {{t|ckb|فڕێدان}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|таштоо}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຂວ້າງ}}, {{t|lo|ຖິ້ມ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|svīst}}, {{t|ltg|svaideit}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|iactō}}, {{t+|la|iaciō}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|mest}}, {{t|lv|sviest}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|mesti}}, {{t|lt|sviesti}}
* Lombard: {{t|lmo|buttà}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|geheien}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|фрла}}
* Maguindanao: {{t|mdh|itug}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|tefa'}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡶᠠᡥᠠᠮᠪᡳ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hōreke}} {{qualifier|a spear or javelin}}, {{t|mi|maka}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|itog}}, {{t|mrw|lambeg}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|फेकणे}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|werpen}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|шидэх}}, {{t+|mn|хаях}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|iettà}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|souîndgi}}, {{t|nrf|fliantchi}}, {{t|nrf|j'ter}}, {{t|nrf|lanchi}}, {{t|nrf|pitchi}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|kaste}}, {{t|no|hive}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|lançar}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|weorpan}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|sawat}}
* Old Prussian: {{t|prg|mestun}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|darbachuu}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|انداختن|tr=andâxtan}}, {{t+|fa|افگندن|tr=afgandan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rzucać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|rzucić|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançar}}, {{t+|pt|atirar}}, {{t+|pt|arremessar}}, {{t+|pt|jogar}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|chanqay}}, {{t|qu|chuqay}}, {{t|qu|chamqay}}, {{t|qu|wikch'uy}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|arunca}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|bittar}}, {{t|rm|lantschar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|броса́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|бро́сить|pf}}, {{t+|ru|кида́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|ки́нуть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|мета́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|метну́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|швыря́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|швырну́ть|pf}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|lafo}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|क्षिपति}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|tilg}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|бацити|pf}}, {{t|sh|бацати|impf}}, {{t|sh|вргнути|pf}}, {{t|sh|врћи|impf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|baciti|pf}}, {{t+|sh|bacati|impf}}, {{t+|sh|vrgnuti|pf}}, {{t|sh|vrći|impf}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|lanzari}}
* Silesian: {{t|szl|ciepać|impf}}, {{t|szl|ciepnónć|pf}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|ගසනවා}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|hodiť}}, {{t|sk|vrhnúť}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|vreči}}
* Somali: {{t|so|tuurid}}
* Southern Thai: {{t|sou|ลิว}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|lanzar}}, {{t+|es|tirar}}, {{t+|es|arrojar}}
* Sundanese: {{t+|su|alung}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|kutupa}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kasta}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|itapon}}, {{t|tl|ihagis}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|андохтан}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|soe}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|โยน}}, {{t+|th|ขว้าง}}, {{t+|th|ปา}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|kärsk-}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|atmak}}, {{t+|tr|fırlatmak}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|atmak}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|bẳn}}, {{t|tyz|chô̱m}}, {{t|tyz|pô̱m}}, {{t|tyz|vít}}, {{t|tyz|tọt}}, {{t|tyz|bén}}, {{t|tyz|thíu}}, {{t|tyz|cẳng}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|кида́ти}}, {{t+|uk|ки́нути|pf}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|پھینکنا|tr=pheṅknā}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|otmoq}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|lansar}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|ném}}, {{t+|vi|chọi}}, {{t+|vi|quăng}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|jedön}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|labog}}, {{t|war|pilak}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|taflu}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|וואַרפֿן}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|esten}}, {{t|zza|erzen}}
* Zealandic: {{t|zea|smiete}}, {{t|zea|goôie}}
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{{trans-top|to eject or cause to fall off}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|նետել}}, {{t+|hy|գցել}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изхвърлям}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|afwerpen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[heittää]] ([[pois]])}}, {{t+|fi|pudottaa}}; {{t+|fi|luoda}} {{q|to throw the skin}}
*: {{q|repeatedly, continuously and/or indifferently}} {{t+|fi|heitellä}}, {{t+|fi|viskoa}}, {{t+|fi|viskellä}}, {{t+|fi|nakella}},
*: {{q|suddenly and/or forcefully}} {{t|fi|viskaista}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|botar}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|זרק|tr=zarák}}, {{t|he|העיף|tr=he'íf}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|投げる|tr=nageru}}, {{t+|ja|投じる|tr=tōjiru}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ھاوێشتن}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|werpen}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|kaste}}
* Pali: {{t|pi|pāteti}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|expelir}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сбра́сывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|сбро́сить|pf}}, {{t+|ru|ски́дывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|ски́нуть|pf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|tilg}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kasta}}, {{t+|sv|tippa}}, {{t+|sv|välta}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|tılo kerden}}
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{{trans-top|to move to another position}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|премествам}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|omgooien}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kääntää}}; {{t+|fi|siirtää}}; {{t+|fi|heittää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|déplacer}}, {{t+|fr|bouger}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|deplasa}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|переключа́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|переключи́ть|pf}}
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{{trans-top|to make by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel}}
* Danish: {{t|da|dreje}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kleien}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|dreijata}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|лепи́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|слепи́ть|pf}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dreja}}
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{{trans-top|in cricket, to deliver the ball illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery}}
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{{trans-top|computing: to send an error to an exception-handling mechanism}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|antaa}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|generare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|投げる|tr=nageru}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançar}}
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{{trans-top|sports: to intentionally lose a game}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|губя умишлено}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|放水|tr=fàngshuǐ}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[hävitä]] [[tahallaan]]}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|手を抜く|tr=te wo nuku}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|entregar}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|satmak}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|quăng}}, {{t+|vi|buông}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|roten}}
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{{trans-top|to confuse or mislead}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hämätä}}
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{{trans-top|to send desperately}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|heittää}}
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{{trans-top|to imprison}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[heittää]] ([[vankilaan]])}}
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{{trans-top|to organize an event, especially a party}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pitää}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|dar}}
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{{trans-top|to roll a die or dice}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|heittää}}
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{{trans-top|to cause a certain number on the die or dice}}
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{{trans-top|bridge: to discard}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pelata}}
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{{trans-top|martial arts: to lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|heittää}}
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{{trans-top|of voice: to change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|muuttaa}}, {{t+|fi|muuntaa}}
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{{trans-top|to show sudden emotion, especially anger}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[saada]] [[kohtaus]]}}
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{{trans-top|to project or send forth}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|heittää}}
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{{trans-top|to put on hastily; to spread carelessly}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kiskaista}}, {{t|fi|vetäistä}}
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{{trans-top|to twist two or more filaments of}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|punoa}}
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{{trans-top|baseball: to select a pitcher}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|heittää}}
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{{trans-top|to install a bridge}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tehdä}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|перекида́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|переки́нути|pf}}
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{{trans-top|to twist or turn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vääntää}} {{q|tr.}}; {{t+|fi|vääntyä}} {{q|intr.}}
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{{trans-see|American football: to pass|pass}}

{{trans-top|boxing: to deliver}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|iskeä}} {{q|to throw a punch}}
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{{trans-top|of animals: to give birth to}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|synnyttää}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|ĵeti}}
* German: {{t+check|de|werfen}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|lempar|alt=melempar}}, {{t+check|id|lontar|alt=melontarkan}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|던지다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+check|kmr|avêtin}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|arrojar}}
* Telugu: {{t+check|te|విసురు}}
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=====References=====
* [http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/thrawe_v The Dictionary of the Scots Language]

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The [[flight]] of a thrown object.
#: {{ux|en|What a great '''throw''' by the quarterback!}}
# The act of throwing something.
#: {{ux|en|With an accurate '''throw''', he lassoed the cow.}}
#: {{ux|en|The gambler staked everything on one '''throw''' of the dice.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2006|author=Hans-Wolfgang Loidl|title=Trends in Functional Programming|volume=5|page=62
|passage=If the expression is a '''throw''', we ''unwind the stack'' seeking a handler expression.}}
# One's ability to throw.
#: {{ux|en|He's got a girl's '''throw'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|He's always had a pretty decent '''throw'''.}}
# A [[distance]] [[travel]]led; [[displacement]].
#: {{ux|en|the '''throw''' of the piston}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1947|author=James Jerome Gibson|title=Motion Picture Testing and Research|issue=7|page=49
|passage=The visibility of the screen image is affected by the length of '''throw''' of the projector, the type of projector, the intensity of the projector lamp, and the type of the screen.}}
# A piece of [[fabric]] used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
#: {{syn|en|throwover}}
# A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
#: {{ux|en|Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a '''throw'''.}}
# {{lb|en|veterinary medicine}} The act of giving birth in animals, especially in [[cow]]s.

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en
|a stone's throw
|backside throw
|bike throw|throw blanket
|body throw
|corner throw
|discus throw|forced throw|free throw|hammer throw|long throw
|javelin throw
|throw of the dice|flip throw
|throw pillow
|throw-up
|penalty throw|saving throw|stone's throw|throw board|throw lathe|throw-in|throw-off|throw-out|throw-weight|two-throw}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|flight of a thrown object}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|хвърляне|n}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|towl}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|worp|m}}, {{t+|nl|gooi|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ĵeto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|heitto}}
* French: {{t+|fr|jet|m}}, {{t+|fr|lancement|m}}, {{t+|fr|lancer|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ρίψη|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|זריקה|f|tr=zriká}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|投げ|tr=nage}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|kast|n}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|wyrp|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançamento|m}}, {{t+|pt|arremesso|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бросо́к|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|met|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|lanzamiento|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kast|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|atma}}, {{t+|tr|fırlatma}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|eştış}}
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{{trans-top|act of throwing something}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|хвърляне|n}}, {{t+|bg|мятане|n}}
* French: {{t+|fr|jet|m}}, {{t+|fr|lancer|m}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|βόλος|m}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|iactus|m}}
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{{trans-top|a distance travelled}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|хвърлей|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verplaatsing|f}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|kast|n}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|wyrp|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бросо́к|m}}
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{{trans-top|piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|foulard|m}}, {{t+|nl|sprei|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|peite}}, {{t+|fi|päällinen}}, {{t+|fi|peitto}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|carpette}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|teppe|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|narzuta|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|покрыва́ло|n}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|överkast|n}}
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{{trans-top|single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|риск|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kappale}}
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====References====
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" ''Studio Potter'' Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|-}}, from {{inh|en|ang|þrāh}}, {{m|ang|þrāg|t=space of time, period, while}}. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to {{cog|got|𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽|t=to run}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[moment]], [[time]], [[occasion]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A period of time; a [[while]].
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|III|iv|text=Downe himselfe he layd <br> Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a '''throw'''; <br> The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|stound}}

===Etymology 3===
See {{m|en|throe}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{obsolete spelling of|en|throe}}
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|book=I|canto=X|stanza=41|page=146|passage=O man haue mind of that laſt bitter '''throw'''; <br> For as the tree does fall, ſo lyes it euer low.}}
#* {{RQ:Gerard Herball|chapter=Of Cotton Grasse|page=27|passage=[[w:Valerius Cordus|[Valerius] ''Cordus'']] ſaith, that ''Iuncus bombicinus'' ſodden in wine, and ſo taken, helpeth the '''throwes''' and gripings of the bellie, that women haue in their childing.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Timon of Athens|act=V|scene=ii|page=97|column=1|passage=Commend me to them, <br> And tell them, that to eaſe them of their greefes, <br> Their feares of Hoſtile ſtrokes, their Aches loſſes, <br> Their pangs of Loue, with other incident '''throwes''' <br> That Natures fragile Veſſell doth ſuſtaine <br> In lifes vncertaine voyage, I will ſome kindnes do them, {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Dryden et al Examen Poeticum|title=Curse of Babylon|stanza=5|pages=314–315|pageref=314|passage=I'll viſit their Diſtreſs with Plagues and Miſeries, <br> The '''throws''' that VVomens Labours wait, <br> Convulſive Pangs, and bloody Sweat, <br> Their ''Beauty'' ſhall conſume, and vital Spirits ſeize.}}
#* {{RQ:Defoe Crusoe 2|page=203|passage=I had then ſuch Convulſions in my Stomach, for want of ſome Suſtenance, that I cannot deſcribe; with ſuch frequent '''Throws''' and Pangs of Appetite, that nothing but the Tortures of Death can imitate; {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Thomson Autumn|year=1768|page=161|lines=1322–1323|passage=Seiz'd by the general joy, his heart diſtends <br> With gentle '''throws'''; {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Young Night-Thoughts|page=14|passage=In ''this'' Shape, or in ''that'', has Fate entail'd <br> The Mother's '''Throws''' on all of Woman born, <br> Not more the Children, than ſure Heirs of ''Pain''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=J. H. K.|title=Hints on the Manner in which Christian Parents should Improve the Death of Children|magazine=[[w:Evangelical Magazine|The Evangelical Magazine]]|location=London|publisher={{...|Printed [by]}} [G. Auld] for Williams and Smith,{{nb...|Stationers’ Court.}}|month=October|year=1806|volume=XIV|page=441|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=LMUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA441|oclc=1013379849|passage=[W]e never know the full force of parental affection till our children are about to be taken from us. It is then that we discover how strongly they have entwined themselves round our hearts; when we behold the fixed eye, the pale lips, the convulsive '''throws''' of death distorting the countenance; or when with aching and throbbing hearts we deposit those who are a part of ourselves in the cold and silent grave.}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb|throws|throwing|threw|thrown}}

# {{obsolete spelling of|en|throe}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest|act=II|scene=i|page=8|column=1|passage=Pre-thee ſay on, <br> The ſetting of thine eye, and cheeke proclaime <br> A matter from thee; and a birth, indeed, <br> Which '''throwes''' thee much to yeeld.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=hortw|-worth|Worth|whort|worth|wroth}}

{{cln|en|class 7 strong verbs|irregular verbs}}
{{C|en|Bedding|Pregnancy|Time}}