“throws” is a form of
throw
UK /θɹəʊ/ · US /θɹoʊ/ verb, noun
Also a form of throe
Forms throws throwing threw throwed thrown throwest threwst throweth thrun
- verb (transitive) 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”
- verb (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off. “the horse threw its rider”
- verb (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace. “throw the switch”
- verb (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- verb (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- verb (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing. “If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception.”
- verb (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game. “The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.”
- verb (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match). “The pitcher threw a perfect game.”
- noun The act of throwing something. “With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.”
- noun (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- noun One’s ability to throw. “He’s always had a pretty decent throw.”
- noun The distance travelled by something thrown. “a stone's throw”
- noun The flight of a thrown object.
- noun A distance travelled in general; displacement. “the throw of the piston”
- noun A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- noun (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance. “Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.”
- noun (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
- noun (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
Synonyms
bung cast fling hurl eject throw off displace relocate take a dive pass chuck chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave hield hoy stroke cam stroke shed cast off shake off throw away drop thrust give flip
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).
Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”).
Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting.
The use in computing comes from the fact, that in programming languages a statement reporting an error interrupts normal processing and sends an error object up the function calling stack until a handling statement intercepts it. Thus an “object” is “thrown” and “flies” until it is “caught”.
From Middle English, from Old English þrāh, þrāg (“space of time, period, while”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, “to run”).
See throe.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obs.] Spenser.
- noun Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [Obs.] Shak.
- verb To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; --distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
- verb 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.
Etymology [See Throe.]
Etymology [AS. , .]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “throw”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details