资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Throw \Throw\, v. i.

   {To throw back}, to revert to an ancestral type or character.
      ``A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back
      to their Darwinian ancestry.'' --The Century. Throwing
stick \Throw"ing stick`\ (Anthropol.)
   An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a
   spear; -- called also {throw stick} and {spear thrower}. One
   end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a
   hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand,
   which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with
   the finger and thumb, the effect being to bring the place of
   support nearer the center of the spear, and practically
   lengthen the arm in the act of throwing.

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.]