The Little Oxford Dictionary of Current English [antikvár]

Introductionthrow /örao/ 1 v. (past threw; p.p. thrown) release (thing) after im-parting motion, propel through space, send forth or dismiss esp. with somé violence; compel to be in specified con-dition; project (rays, light, etc.); cast (shadow); bring to the ground; colloq. disconcert; put (clothes etc.) carelessly or hastily on or off etc.; cause (dice) to fali on table etc., obtain (specified num-ber) thus; cause to pass or extend sud-denly to another state or position; move (switch or lever) to on position; shape (pottery) on wheel; have (fit, tantrum, etc.); colloq. give (a party). 2 n. act of throwing; distance a missile is or may be thrown; being thrown in wrestling.3 throw away part with as unwanted, lose by neglect, waste, fail to make use of; throw-away (thing) to be thrown away after (one) use, deliberately under-emphasized; throw back (usu. in pass.) compel to rely on; throw-back reversion to ancestral character, instance of this; throw in add as make-weight, interpose (word, remark), throw (football) from edge of pitch where it has gone out of play; throw off discard, contrive to get rid of, write or utter in offhand manner; throw out put out forcibly or suddenly, reject, confuse or distract; throw over desert, abandon; throw up abandon, resign from, vomit, erect, bring to notice.1.The headword appears in bold: throw.2.A guide to pronunciation is given, when necessary, in IPA (see page xi): /0rau/.3.The part of speech is given in italics: v. (and later n.). It is preceded by a bold number (1, 2) if the headword exists as more than one part of speech.4.Inflexiónál forms such as irregularly-formed past tenses are given in bold: (past threw; p.p. thrown). Irregularly-formed present parti-ciples (for example lying at the entry for lie1) and comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs (for example better and best at the entry for good) are given in the same way.5.Labels to indicate that a word or sense is restricted to a particular levél of formality or to a particular subject are given in italics: colloq., sl.,Law, Crick., etc.6.Round brackets () are used to enclose words that are explanatory or optional; for example 'release (thing) after imparting motion', or 'project (rays, light, etc.)', indicating the type of noun that often appears as the object of this verb; 'throw-away (thing) to be thrown away', indicating that 'throw-away' can be an adjective meaning 'to be thrown away' or a noun meaning 'a thing to be thrown away'.