Definition: throw
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
throw
n 1: the act of throwing (propelling something through the air
with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the
catcher made a good throw to second base"
2: (informal) a single chance or instance; "he couldn't afford
$50 a throw"
3: the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating
piece by a cam [syn: stroke, cam stroke]
4: the distance that something can be thrown; "it is just a
stone's throw from here"
5: bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an
afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over
something
6: the throwing of an object in order to determine an outcome
randomly; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice"
v 1: project through the air; "throw a frisbee"
2: move violently, energetically, or carelessly; "She threw
herself forwards"
3: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss" [syn: shed,
cast, cast off, shake off, throw off, throw away,
drop]
4: place with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the
child"
5: convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical
gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"
[syn: give]
6: cause to go on or t be engaged; set in operation; "switch on
the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: flip, switch]
7: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the
corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a
spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast, contrive]
8: to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or
carelessly; "Jane threw dinner together", throw the car
into reverse"
9: cause to be confused emotionally [syn: bewilder, bemuse,
discombobulate]
10: utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw
accusations at someone" [syn: hurl]
11: organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception," "have,
throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc. [syn: hold,
have, make, give]
12: make on a potter's wheel; of pottery
13: cause to fall off; "The horse threw its unexperienced rider"
14: throw out onto a flat surface, as of die; "Throw a six"
15: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
clearly: "These questions confuse even the experts";
"This question completely threw me"; "This question
befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, fox, befuddle,
fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fault \Fault\, n.
1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a
crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with
another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the
circuit.
2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of
rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated
structure resulting from such slipping.
Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have
moved is called the
fault plane. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a
vertical fault; when its inclination is such that the
present relative position of the two masses could have
been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane,
of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a
normal, or gravity, fault. When the fault plane is so
inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up
relatively, the fault is then called a
reverse (or reversed), thrust, or overthrust,
fault. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault
is then called a
horizontal fault. The linear extent of the dislocation
measured on the fault plane and in the direction of
movement is the
displacement; the vertical displacement is the
throw; the horizontal displacement is the
heave. The direction of the line of intersection of the
fault plane with a horizontal plane is the
trend of the fault. A fault is a
strike fault when its trend coincides approximately with
the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of
intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal
plane); it is a
dip fault when its trend is at right angles to the strike;
an
oblique fault when its trend is oblique to the strike.
Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called
cross faults. A series of closely associated parallel
faults are sometimes called
step faults and sometimes
distributive faults.
Throw \Throw\, v. i. To throw back, to revert to an ancestral type or character. ``A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry.'' --The Century. Throwing stick \Throw"ing stick`\ (Anthropol.) An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the effect being to bring the place of support nearer the center of the spear, and practically lengthen the arm in the act of throwing.
Throw \Throw\ (thr[=o]), n. [See Throe.] Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obs.] --Spenser. Dryden.
Throw \Throw\, n. [AS. [thorn]r[=a]h, [thorn]r[=a]g.]
Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [Obs.] --Shak.
I will with Thomas speak a little throw. --Chaucer.
Throw \Throw\, v. t. [imp. Threw (thr[udd]); p. p. Thrown (thr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Throwing.] [OE. [thorn]rowen, [thorn]rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG. dr[=a]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. ? to bore, to turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. Cf. Thread, Trite, Turn, v. t.] 1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl. 2. To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames. 3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock. 4. (Mil.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river. 5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist. 6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice. Set less than thou throwest. --Shak. 7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. --Pope. 8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off. There the snake throws her enameled skin. --Shak. 9. (Pottery) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels. 10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent. I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth. --Shak. 11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits. 12. To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. --Tomlinson. To throw away. (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. To throw back. (a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply. (b) To reject; to refuse. (c) To reflect, as light. To throw by, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment. To throw down, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall. To throw in. (a) To inject, as a fluid. (b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. (c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. To throw off. (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [Eng.]
Throw \Throw\, v. i. To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice. To throw about, to cast about; to try expedients. [R.]
Throw \Throw\, n.
1. The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling
from the hand or an engine; a cast.
He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw, He sent
it in a whirlwind at the foe. --Addison.
2. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.]
Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws.
--Spenser.
3. The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a
stone's throw.
4. A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast;
as, a good throw.
5. An effort; a violent sally. [Obs.]
Your youth admires The throws and swellings of a
Roman soul. --Addison.
6. (Mach.) 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.
7. (Pottery) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d
Jigger, 2
(a) .
8. A turner's lathe; a throwe. [Prov. Eng.]
9. (Mining) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a
fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as
an upthrow, or a downthrow.
