throw

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /θɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA: /θɻoʊ/
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Homophones

• throe

Verb

Plain form throw

Third person singular throws

Simple past threw

Past participle thrown

Present participle throwing

A woman throwing a snowball

1. (transitive) When you throw an object, you make it fly through the air using your hands.

   Jim can throw a ball over his house.

   Jill throws with her left hand.

   She threw the potato peels in the trash can.

   My resume was thrown in the waste basket.

   Jill said she was throwing Jim's love letters away.

Noun

Singular throw

Plural throws

1. A throw is the act of throwing.

   You made a fast throw!

Related words

• throw away
• throw up
• throw down

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