throw

About 17.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   throw a shoe; throw a javelin

2. verb To eject or cause to fall off.

   the horse threw its rider

3. verb To move to another position or condition; to displace.

   throw the switch

4. verb To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
5. verb To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
6. verb To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

   If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.

7. verb To intentionally lose a game.

   The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.

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

   The pitcher threw a perfect game.

Similar words

hurl cast flip shake off hold throw away cast off stroke shed throw off

Often followed by

the a it away off light out up them in

Word family

a throw threw thrower throwers throwing thrown throws