throw
part of speech
verb (throw, throws, threw, thrown, throwing); noun (a throw, throws)
meaning for a pupil
1) To send something through the air with your arm: "Throw the ball." tree →
2) To put something somewhere quickly or carelessly: "She threw her coat on the bed." tree →
3) To move your body suddenly: "He threw himself on the sofa." tree →
4) To confuse: "The question threw me." tree →
5) As a noun, an act of throwing, or a turn at throwing: "a good throw". tree →
sense in the lessons
In sport and PE, throwing and catching are skills; in science, a thrown ball follows a curved path because of gravity. In everyday life: throw away rubbish; don't throw things at people or animals. Phrases: throw away, throw out, throw up (be sick), throw a party, throw a tantrum.
examples
- And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh. (Torah EXO.9.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds; (Prophets MIC.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, the LORD will hurl thee up and down with a man's throw; yea, He will wind thee round and round; (Prophets ISA.22.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said: 'Throw her down.' So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses; and she was trodden under foot. (Prophets 2KI.9.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- Throw the ball to me. tree →
- He threw the stone into the lake. tree →
- Throw your rubbish in the bin. tree →
- Don't throw sand at people. tree →
- She threw a party for her birthday. tree →
- I felt sick and threw up. tree →
- That was a great throw! tree →
- The dice was thrown three times. tree →
- ‘Throw out the stones,’ said Maie. tree →
note
Past: "threw" (sounds like "through"); past participle "thrown" (sounds like "throne"). In maths, "throw a die" means roll it: each number is equally likely.
In the corpora
- And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab.
- And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was thrown down.
- And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds;
- Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; and they shall hear my words, that they are sweet.
- When the sea gets too warm, coral throws out its algae and turns white, which is called bleaching.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «throw» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.