Look up: THROW


  1. Throw
    [projector] In film terminology, throw is the distance of a movie projector from the screen. It is the distance the image is thrown onto the screen, and it has a large effect on screen size. Often in home theatre individuals lack the correct throw distance in the room but can buy a short thr...
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  2. Throw
    [grappling] ==Types of throws== There are several major types of throw, among Asian martial arts, judo has the most developed throwing techniques and throws are considered its specialty. Most throws are named by describing the circumvention point of the throw (e.g. hip throw, shoulder throw,...
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  3. Throw
    Jubilee Line train rushes through Canary Wharf underground station - London - England - 24/04/04 Photo taken by Tagishsimon on 24 April 2004 ...
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  4. Throw
    Throw is slang for to vomit.
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  5. Throw
    Throw is slang for to vomit.
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  6. Throw
    The distance between the lantern and the object being lit.
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  7. throw
    [n] - (informal) a single chance or instance 2. [n] - the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam 3. [n] - the distance that something can be thrown 4. [n] - bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casu...
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  8. Throw
    In speakers and in microphones, the amount of movement that the diaphragm can make (without restriction) to produce or pickup the sound wave.
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  9. Throw
    Throw (thrō) noun [ See Throe .] Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [ Obsolete] Spenser. Dryden.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/51

  10. Throw
    Throw noun [ Anglo-Saxon þrāh , þrāg .] Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [ Obsolete] Shak. « I will with Thomas speak a little throw Chaucer.
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  11. Throw
    Throw transitive verb [ imperfect Threw (thru); past participle Thrown (thrōn); present participle & verbal noun Throwing .] [ Middle English &th...
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  12. Throw
    Throw intransitive verb To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice. To throw about , to cast about; to try expedients. [ R.]
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  1. Throw
    Throw noun 1. The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast. « He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw , He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe.» Addison. 2. A s...
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  2. Throw
    Throw intransitive verb -- To throw back , to revert to an ancestral type or character. 'A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry.' The Century.
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  3. throw
    1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; distinguished from to toss, or to bowl. ... 2. To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws...
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  4. throw
    stroke noun the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
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  5. throw
    noun the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); `the catcher made a good throw to second base`
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  6. throw
    noun bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
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  7. throw
    noun a single chance or instance; `he couldn`t afford $50 a throw`
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  8. throw
    verb cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; `switch on the light`; `throw the lever`
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  9. throw
    fox verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; `These questions confuse even the experts`; `This question completely threw me`; `This question befuddled even the teacher`
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  10. Throw
    • (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a st...
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  11. throw
    (from the article `figure skating`) ...of another while the woman clasps his hand with an extended arm. She then leans horizontally over the ice on a single edge and drops her head ...
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  12. throw
    1. (informal) a single chance or instance
    2. the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

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  13. Throw
    In engineering, the throw is the distance between the axis of a crank-pin and the axis of the crank-shaft; or between the centre of the eccentric and the axis of the shaft on which it is mounted. The throw of an engine crank is one-half the travel of the piston that drives it; that of an eccentric o...
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