Definition of throw

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Throw (n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw..

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Wreck-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
Throw :: Throw (n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow..
Spit :: Spit (n.) To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head..
Pluff :: Pluff (v. t.) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..
Lump :: Lump (v. i.) To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
Chivy :: Chivy (v. t.) To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch..
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type..
Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..
Undermine :: Undermine (v. t.) To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall..
Gardyloo :: Gardyloo (n.) An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh..
Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies..
Die :: Die (n.) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse..
Fetch :: Fetch (v. t.) To reduce; to throw.
Hurl :: Hurl (v. t.) To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance..
Ant-hill :: Ant-hill (n.) A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
Calenture :: Calenture (n.) A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it..
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