Throw

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1 Pronunciation 2 Verb 3 Translations 4 Noun 5 Translations

Pronunciation

to throw (threw, thrown)

1. to make an object fly through the air
2. to eject or cause to fall off

   throw a shoe; throw a rod

3. to move to another position; displace

   throw the switch

4. (ceramics) to make a pot by pulling clay as it turns on a wheel

   to throw a pot

• Dutch: werpen (1), gooien (1), smijten (1), afwerpen (2), omgooien (3), kleien (4)
• Esperanto: ĵeti
• French: jeter, lancer
• Indonesian: melempar, melontarkan
• Japanese: 投げる (なげる, nageru)
• Spanish: lanzar

1. the flight of a thrown object

   a fast throw

2. a distance traveled or displacement

   the throw of the piston