throw

1. (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.Examples: "throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"; "When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper."Synonyms: bung, cast, fling, hurltransitive

2. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.Examples: "There the snake throws her enamelled skin."Synonyms: eject, throw offtransitive

3. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.Examples: "throw the switch"; "This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer."Synonyms: displace, relocatetransitive

4. (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.Examples: "Through practice, you’ll learn how to add the right amount of water as you throw a pot, and your fingers will feel when the pot has reached the proper thickness."transitive

5. (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.transitive

6. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.Examples: "If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception."transitive