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▸ verb: (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
▸ verb: (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
▸ 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.
▸ verb: (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
▸ verb: (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
▸ verb: (transitive) To imprison.
▸ verb: (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
▸ verb: (transitive, bridge) To discard.
▸ verb: (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
▸ verb: (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
▸ verb: (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
▸ verb: (transitive) To project or send forth.
▸ verb: To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
▸ verb: To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
▸ verb: (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
▸ verb: (transitive) To install (a bridge).
▸ verb: (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
▸ verb: (American football) Synonym of pass
▸ verb: (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
▸ verb: (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
▸ noun: The act of throwing something.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: The distance travelled by something thrown.
▸ noun: The flight of a thrown object.
▸ noun: A distance travelled in general; displacement.
▸ noun: A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
▸ noun: (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
▸ noun: (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
▸ noun: Obsolete spelling of throe. [A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.]
▸ verb: Obsolete spelling of throe. [(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.]
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