throw

/ˈthrō/

Middle English throwen "to propel through the air, cause to fall, drive forcefully, turn on a lathe," going back to Old English þrāwan "to twist, wring, (intransitive) turn round, writhe, curl," going back to West Germanic *þrēan- (whence also Old Frisian drāia "to turn," Old Saxon thrāian "to cause to rotate, turn on a lathe," Middle Dutch draeyen "to turn," Old High German drâen "to turn, twist"), probably going back to Indo-European *treh- "rub, bore," whence in Germanic "bore through with a turning motion, turn"

verb

  1. to propel through the air by a forward motion of the hand and arm

  2. to propel through the air in any manner

  3. pitch

throw a baseball

a rifle that can throw a bullet a mile

throw cast toss fling hurl pitch sling mean to cause to move swiftly through space by a propulsive movement or a propelling force. throw is general and interchangeable with the other terms but may specifically imply a distinctive motion with bent arm. cast usually implies lightness in the thing thrown and sometimes a scattering.

noun

  1. an act of throwing, hurling, or flinging

  2. an act of throwing dice

  3. the number thrown with a cast of dice