Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THROW, v.t. [pret. threw; pp. thrown; Sax. thrawan; perhaps D. draaijen, to turn, wind, twist, whirl; G. drehen; W. troi. The Saxon word signifies to twist, to turn, to curl, throw, and to revolve. It is contracted, and probably coincides in elements with Gr. τρεχω, to run, for this was applied primarily to wheels, as we see by its derivatives, τροχος, a wheel, τροχιλος, a top, L. trochilus.]

1. Properly, to hurl; to whirl; to fling or cast in a winding direction.
2. To fling or cast in any manner; to propel; to send; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine. Thu we throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a bomb throws a shell. The Roman balista threw various weapons. A fire-engine throws water to extinguish flames.
3. To wind; as, to throw silk.
4. To turn; as, to throw balls in a lathe. [Not in general use.]
5. To venture at dice. Set less than thou throwest. Shak.
6. To cast; to divest or strip one's self of; to put off; as, a serpent throws his skin. Shak.
7. To cast; to send. I have thrown / A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth. Shak.
8. To put on; to spread carelessly. O'er his fair limbs a flow'ry vest he threw. Pope.
9. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
10. To cast; to drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors thrown upon a rock. To throw away, to lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. #2. To bestow without a compensation. #3. To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. Taylor. To throw by, to lay aside or 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. #2. To bring down from a high station; to depress. Spectator. To throw in, to inject. #2. To put in; to deposit with others; also, to give up or relinquish. To throw off, to expel; to clear from; as, to throw off a disease. #2. To reject; to discard; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. To throw on, to cast on; to load. To throw out, to cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. Swift. #2. To utter carelessly; to speak; as, to throw out insinuations or observations. #3. To exert; to bring forth into act. She throws out thrilling shrieks. Spenser. #4. To distance; to leave behind. Addison. #5. To exclude; to reject. The bill was thrown out on the second reading. To throw up, to resign; as, to throw up a commission. #2. To resign angrily. Bad games are thrown up too soon. Hudibras. #3. To discharge from the stomach. Arbuthnot. To throw one's self down, to lie down. To throw one's self on, to resign one's self to the favor, clemency or sustaining power of another; to repose. Taylor.