throw
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) enPR: thrō, IPA (key): /θrəʊ/ or [θɾ̪̊əʊ]
- (US) enPR: thrō, IPA (key): /θroʊ/ or [θɾ̪̊oʊ]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Homophone: throe
Verb
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- (transitive) When you throw an object, you make it fly through the air using your hands.
- Jim can throw a ball over his house.
- Jill throws with her left hand.
- She threw the potato peels in the trash can.
- My resume was thrown in the waste basket.
- Jill said she was throwing Jim's love letters away.