Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Throw \Throw\, v. t. [imp. {Threw} (thr[udd]); p. p. {Thrown}
   (thr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Throwing}.] [OE. [thorn]rowen,
   [thorn]rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to
   twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG.
   dr[=a]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. ? to bore, to
   turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. Cf. {Thread}, {Trite}, {Turn},
   v. t.]
   1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of
      the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss,
      or to bowl.

   2. 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.

   3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be
      thrown upon a rock.

   4. (Mil.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw
      a detachment of his army across the river.

   5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws
      his antagonist.

   6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

            Set less than thou throwest.          --Shak.

   7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

            O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. --Pope.

   8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

            There the snake throws her enameled skin. --Shak.

   9. (Pottery) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine,
      or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

   10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.

             I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry's
             teeth.                               --Shak.

   11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said
       especially of rabbits.

   12. To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, 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. --Tomlinson.

   {To throw away}.
       (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to
           bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away
           time; to throw away money.
       (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good
           offer.

   {To throw back}.
       (a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply.
       (b) To reject; to refuse.
       (c) To reflect, as light.

   {To throw by}, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as
      useless; as, to throw by a garment.

   {To throw down}, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to
      throw down a fence or wall.

   {To throw in}.
       (a) To inject, as a fluid.
       (b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as,
           to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to
           throw in an occasional comment.
       (c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something
           extra to clinch a bargain.

   {To throw off}.
       (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a
           disease.
       (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off
           all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent.
       (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [Eng.]