throw

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To send something through the air using your hand and arm.

   He threw the ball to his teammate.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of throwing something.

   The catcher made a perfect throw to second base.

3. 3
   verb

   To move something quickly or carelessly into a position.

   She threw her coat onto the chair and sat down.

Common collocations

• throw a ball Verb + noun
• long throw Adjective + noun

From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”). Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting.

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