throw

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. noun the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
  2. noun a single chance or instance
  3. noun the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

Etymology

From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”). Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting.

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