Phonetic Breakdown of "throws"
Learn how to break down "throws" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.
Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:
/θɹəʊz/
/θɹoʊz/
Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries
IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:
TH R OW1 Z
Standard phonetic transcription to help with precise pronunciation
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Definition of "throws"
Pronunciation: /θɹəʊz/
Verb
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To change place.
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To change in state or status
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To move through time.
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To be accepted.
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In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
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To do or be better.
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To take heed.Synonyms: take heed, take notice
Noun
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The flight of a thrown object.Example: "What a great throw by the quarterback!"
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The act of throwing something.Example: "The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice."
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One's ability to throw.Example: "He's always had a pretty decent throw."
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A distance travelled; displacement.Example: "the throw of the piston"
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A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
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A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.Example: "Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw."
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A violent effort.
Verb
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To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.Example: "throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"Synonyms: bowl, bung, buzz, cast, catapult
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To eject or cause to fall off.Synonyms: eject, throw off
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To move to another position or condition; to displace.Example: "throw the switch"Synonyms: displace, relocate
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To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
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(of a bowler) to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
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To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.Example: "If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception."
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To intentionally lose a game.Example: "The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match."Synonyms: take a dive
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To confuse or mislead.Example: "The deliberate red herring threw me at first."
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To send desperately.Example: "Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle."
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To imprison.Example: "The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail."
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To organize an event, especially a party.
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To roll (a die or dice).
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To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
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To discard.
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To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
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(said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
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To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
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To project or send forth.
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To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
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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 class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
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(of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
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To install (a bridge).
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To twist or turn.Example: "a thrown nail"
Noun
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Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
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The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
Verb
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(said of animals) To give birth to.
Noun
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A moment, time, occasion.
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A period of time; a while.