throw

Pronunciation: /θɹoʊ/

Reading level: easy

Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
  2. noun a single chance or instance
  3. noun the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

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.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
propulsion
Narrower (hyponyms)
heave, slinging, flip, pass, leaner, fling

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