1. (n.) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

2. (n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.

3. (v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.

4. (v. t.) 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.

5. (v. t.) To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.

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

7. (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

8. (v. t.) To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

9. (v. t.) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

10. (v. t.) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

11. (v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

12. (v. t.) To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.

13. (v. t.) To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.

14. (v. t.) 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.

15. (v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.

16. (n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.

17. (n.) A stroke; a blow.

18. (n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.

19. (n.) A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.

20. (n.) An effort; a violent sally.

21. (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.

22. (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).

23. (n.) A turner's lathe; a throwe.

24. (n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.

abandon addle agitate amaze apply assume baffle bake bamboozle be confined be sick bear bear a child bear young beat bend bewilder blow blow down blow over boggle bounce bowl bowl down bowl over bring down bring forth bring forward bring out bring up buck off buckle down buffalo bug bulldog bung calve cast cast at cast down cast off catapult change of pace change-up chop down chuck chuck at chuck out chunk clap confound confuse conquer convulse crap craps curve cut down dart dash dash down daze deceive deck decoy desert devote diffuse ding direct discard discombobulate discompose disconcert disgorge dismay dispense with dispose of disseminate distract disturb ditch divert down downcurve draw on drive drop dumbfound dump eject embroil emit evict exercise expel farrow fastball fawn fell fetch down fire fire at flick fling fling at fling off flip floor flummox foal force out forgo fork forsake forward pass fritter away fuddle get get on get rid of give give birth give off give out give up glaze ground have have a baby have young heave heave at hew down hurdle hurl hurl against hurl at hurtle impel incurve jerk jettison jilt keep in suspense kitten knock down knock over knuckleball labor lamb lance lateral lateral pass launch lay level lay low lay out leave let fly let fly at level lick lie in lift litter lob lose master maze misdirect misguide mislead mold mow down muddle mystify natural nick nonplus outcurve overthrow overturn pass peg pelt perplex perturb pitch pitchfork plank plop plump plunk ply pot precipitate project propel prostrate psych puke pull down pup push put put forth put off put on put out put the shot puzzle quit radiate rase raze regurgitate reject relinquish renounce repudiate resign reveal roll scrap screwball send send forth send headlong serve service shake off shape shed shoot shot shot-put shove shy shy at sinker slap slider sling sling at slip on snap spitball spitter spook spread-eagle squander stick stump