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55 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • throw v. (Transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
  • throw v. (Transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
  • throw v. (Transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
  • throw v. (Ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
  • throw v. (Transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
  • throw v. (Transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
  • throw v. (Sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
  • throw v. (Transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
  • throw v. (Figuratively) To send desperately.
  • throw v. (Transitive) To imprison.
  • throw v. To organize an event, especially a party.
  • throw v. (Transitive, intransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
  • throw v. (Transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
  • throw v. (Transitive, bridge) To discard.
  • throw v. (Martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position…
  • throw v. (Transitive, said of one’s voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
  • throw v. (Transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
  • throw v. (Transitive) To project or send forth.
  • throw v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
  • throw v. To twist two or more filaments of (Silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles…
  • throw v. (Baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given…
  • throw v. (Transitive) To install (a bridge).
  • throw v. (Obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
  • throw v. (American football) Synonym of pass.
  • throw v. (Transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
  • throw v. (Transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
  • throw n. The flight of a thrown object.
  • throw n. The act of throwing something.
  • throw n. One’s ability to throw.
  • throw n. A distance travelled; displacement.
  • throw n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
  • throw n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
  • throw n. (Veterinary medicine) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
  • throw n. (Obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
  • throw n. (Obsolete) A period of time; a while.
  • throw n. Obsolete spelling of throe.
  • throw v. Obsolete spelling of throe.
— English word, defined in German —
  • throw V. Etwas mit der Hand durch die Luft schleudern; werfen.
— English words, defined in Dutch —
  • throw n. Worp.
  • throw n. Verplaatsing.
  • throw w. Werpen, gooien.
  • throw w. (Sport) opzettelijk verliezen.
  • throw w. Dobbelen.
— English words, defined in French —
  • throw v. Lancer, jeter.
  • throw v. (Familier), (Sport) Perdre volontairement.
  • throw n. Jet, lancement (l’action et le résultat).
  • throw n. Distance de déplacement.
  • throw n. (Textile) Jeté (de lit, de canapé).
  • throw n. Pièce, dans le sens « objet unité ».
  • throw n. (Électricité) Circuit, direction.
— English word, defined in Spanish —
  • throw v. Tirar.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • throw s. Lançamento.
  • throw v. Jogar, lançar, atirar.
  • throw v. (Desporto) perder intencionalmente um jogo.
— English word, defined in Italian —
  • throw s. Tiro, lancio.
191 English words from 37 English definitions

ability act after air American American␣football and anger animals another arm arts assign as␣to back back␣down ball Baseball bed birth bowler bowling boxing bridge bring carelessly cause Ceramics certain chance change clay combination computing condition confuse cover cows cricket deliver delivery desperately dice die discard displace displacement distance down during eject else emotion England error especially etc event exception fabric fall fall␣off Figuratively filaments flight football form forth furnishing game games give give␣birth given giving giving␣birth ground handling hastily him hurl illegally illusion imprison informal in␣order in␣order␣to install instance intentionally interrupt into intransitive lift lose make manager Martial Martial␣arts mechanism medicine mislead moment more move normal Northern number object Obsolete occasion occurrence of␣a off off␣the␣ground one on␣the opponent order organize other party pass period period␣of␣time piece pitcher position pot processing project punch put put␣on rapidly roll rolling said Scotland select send send␣forth shaping show shown Silk single singles slang so␣as so␣as␣to sofa soft someone someone␣else something spelling Sports spread straightening sudden Synonym team that the thread throe through throw throwing thrown time together Transitive travelled turn turns turns␣on twist two used used␣to venture veterinary veterinary␣medicine video video␣games voice wheel while young

19 English words from 18 foreign definitions

action canapé Circuit dans der die direction Distance Hand Jet Jeté Lancer lit Luft objet sens Sport Textile Tiro

33 foreign words from 18 foreign definitions

atirar déplacement Desporto Dobbelen durch Électricité Etwas Familier gooien intencionalmente jeter Jogar jogo Lançamento lançar lancement lancio mit mit␣der␣Hand opzettelijk perder Perdre Pièce résultat schleudern Tirar unité verliezen Verplaatsing volontairement werfen Werpen Worp

273 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

throwe thrown throws throw␣by throwed throwee thrower Thrower throwes throwie throw-in throwin' throw␣in throw␣on throwup throw-up throw␣up throward throw␣BBs throwbox throwees Throwend throwers Throwers throwest throweth throwies throwing throw-ins throw␣ins thrown␣in thrown␣on thrown␣up throw-off throw␣off throwout throw-out throw␣out throw␣rug throws␣in throws␣on throws␣up throwups throw-ups throwable throw␣a␣fit throwaway throw-away throw␣away throwback throw␣back +222 words

106 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

ythrowe rethrown rethrows unthrown upthrown upthrows Withrows death␣rows misthrown misthrows o'erthrown o'erthrows offthrown offthrows o'rethrown o'rethrows outthrown outthrows toothrows body␣throws downthrown downthrows forethrown free␣throws long␣throws overthrown overthrows rethrowing upthrowing windthrown windthrows withthrown withthrows axe␣throwing bolt␣thrower bull-thrower misthrowing nonthrowing o'erthrowing offthrowing o'rethrowing outthrowing overthrowal overthrower sand␣thrower slugthrower snowthrower snow-thrower snow␣thrower underthrown +56 words

32 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

bethrow rethrow upthrow Withrow death␣row forthrow Heathrow misthrow o'erthrow offthrow o'rethrow outthrow toothrow two-throw body␣throw downthrow free␣throw long␣throw overthrow windthrow withthrow underthrow corner␣throw discus␣throw forced␣throw hammer␣throw saving␣throw stone's␣throw counterthrow javelin␣throw penalty␣throw backside␣throw

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

row Row ROW Thr THR thro thro'

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

wor Wor.

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

whort worth Worth -worth wroth

19 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

awroth crowth drowth growth hot␣war or␣what roweth thorow throwe thrown throws Thurow whorts worths worthy Worthy -worthy wrothe wrothy

16 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

hotr hotṛ how't orth- Roth ROTW rowt thor Thor thow thro thro' trow Trow whot wort

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

shrow theow threw throb throe Turow

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

thow thro thro' trow Trow

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

thorow Thurow


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