pret. threw; pp. thrown.

Properly, to hurl; to whirl; to fling or cast in a winding direction.

To fling or cast in any manner; to propel; to send; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine. Thus we throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a bomb throws a shell. The Roman balista threw various weapons. A fire engine throws water to extinguish flames.

To wind; as, to throw silk.

To turn; as, to throw balls in a lathe.

To venture at dice. Set less than thou throwest.

To cast; to divest or strip one’s self of; to put off; as, a serpent throws his skin.

To cast; to send. I have thrown . A brave defiance in king Henry’s teeth.

To put on; to spread carelessly. O’er his fair limbs a flow’ry vest he threw.

To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

To cast; to drive by violence; as a vessel or sailors thrown upon a rock. To throw away, to lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; as, to throw away time; to throw away money.

To bestow without a compensation.

To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. To throw by, to lay aside or 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 bring down from a high station; to depress. To throw in, to inject.

To put in; to deposit with others; also, to give up or relinquish. To throw off, to expel; to clear from; as, to throw off a disease.

To reject; to discard; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. To throw on, to cast on; to load. To throw out, to cast out; to reject or discard; to expel.

To utter carelessly; to speak; as, to throw out insinuations or observations.

To exert; to bring forth into act. She throws out thrilling shrieks.

To distance; to leave behind.

To exclude; to reject. The bill was thrown out on the second reading. To throw up, to resign; as, to throw up a commission.