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throw
1. Verb:
2. [1] etwas mit der Hand durch die Luft schleudern; werfen
[1] He went to the river and threw some stones into the water.
Er ging zum Fluss und schmiss ein paar Steine ins Wasser.
Englisch > Englisch
throw
1. v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
A thrown nail.
2. v. To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
throw a shoe;   throw a javelin;   the horse threw its rider
3. v. To eject or cause to fall off.
4. v. To move to another position or condition; to displace.
throw the switch
5. v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
6. v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
7. v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid operation exception.
8. v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match.
9. v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
The deliberate red herring threw me at first.
10. v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.
11. v. To imprison.
The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail.
12. v. To organize an event, especially a party.
13. v. To roll (a die or dice).
14. v. To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
15. v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
16. v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
17. v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
18. v. To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
19. v. To project or send forth.
20. v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
21. v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole c
22. v. (baseball, slang) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
23. v. To install a bridge.
24. subst. The flight of a thrown object
What a great throw by the quarterback!
25. subst. The act of throwing something.
With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow.
26. subst. One's ability to throw
He's got a girl's throw.
He's always had a pretty decent throw.
27. subst. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
28. subst. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
29. subst. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
30. subst. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
31. subst. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
32. v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
33. subst. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
34. subst. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
35. subst. misspelling of throe
Deutsch > Englisch
werfen
1. v. to throw
Der Konstruktor mit dem einen Parameter wirft in diesem Falle eine Ausnahme. - The constructor with this one parameter throws an exception in this case.
2. v. to cast; to project
einen Schatten werfen - to cast a shadow
ein Bild an/auf die Wand werfen - to project an image on the wall
3. v. to give birth (of some animals)
Die Sau wirft ihre Jungen. - The sow is birthing her young.
4. v. to throw oneself (on a bed etc.)

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Don't throw away this magazine. I haven't read it yet.      Wirf diese Zeitschrift nicht weg. Ich habe sie noch nicht gelesen. Can you throw that away for me?      Kannst du das für mich wegwerfen? Be careful. Don't throw away those papers.      Pass auf, dass du die Papiere da nicht wegwirfst! Throw down your weapons.      Werft eure Waffen nieder! If the spaghetti sticks when you throw it against the wall, it's done.      Wenn die Spaghetti hängenbleiben, wenn Sie sie an die Mauer werfen, dann sind sie fertig.

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