Throw

thro, v. t. [imp. threw (throo); p.p. thrown (thron); throwing.] To fling or cast in a winding direction; to hurl; to fling or cast in any manner; propel, project, send; to wind or twist 2 or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread. (Pottery.) To form or shape roughly on a potter's wheel. To venture at dice; to divest or strip one's self of; to put off; to put on, spread carele ly; to overturn, prostrate in wrestling.— v. i. To perform the act casting; to cast; esp. to cast dice. — n. Act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand, or from an engine; a cast of dice; manner which dice fall when cast; the distance which a mi ile is or may be thrown; a turner's lathe.— To throw away. To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to reject.— To t. back. To retort, cast back (a reply); to reject, refuse. — To t. by. To lay aside or neglect as usele . — To t. down. To subvert, overthrow, destroy to; bring down from a high station, degrade.— Tot. in. To inject (a fluid); to deposit with others; to add without enumeration or valuation; to give or relinquish. — To t. off. To expel, clear from; reject, discard. — To t. on. To cast on, load. — To one's self down. To lie down. — To t. one's self on upon. To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or sustaining power of. — To t. out. To cast out, ject or discard, expel; to utter, give utterance speak.— To t. up. To resign, give up; to discharge from the stomach. — Throw'er, n. One who throws; one who throws or twists silk; a throwster; one who shapes ve els on a potter's wheel. — Throw's ter, One who throws, twists, or winds silk.