throw

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; the horse threw its rider

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.

To eject or cause to fall off.

There the snake throws her enamelled skin.

To move to another position or condition; to displace.

throw the switch

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.

To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

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.

To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

The act of throwing something.

With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.

What a great throw by the quarterback!

A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.

One’s ability to throw.

He’s always had a pretty decent throw.

The distance travelled by something thrown.

a stone's throw

Only on the north-east may aught save a winged thing come at the castle, across a smooth grass-grown saddle less than a stone’s throw in width.

The flight of a thrown object.

A moment, time, occasion.

A period of time; a while.

Downe himselfe he layd Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a throw; The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow.