throw

/θroʊ/ v [I/T] (past tense threw /θru/, past participle thrown /θroʊn/) (SEND THROUGH AIR)

Definition

› to send something through the air, esp. by a sudden movement of the arm: [T] Throw me the ball./Throw the ball to me. [I] I didn’t throw as well as I expected to. [T] He was thrown from his motorcycle.

(Definition of throw v (SEND THROUGH AIR) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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