English-German translations for throw

  • werfen
    Werfen Sie den Spaten einfach weg.You should throw away the spade. Wir können keinen Fisch zurück ins Meer werfen. We cannot throw fish back in the sea. Wir werfen kein Geld zum Fenster hinaus. We are not going to throw money down the drain.
  • schmeißen
    Wir schmeißen hier mit Milliarden und mit Prozentsätzen rum! We are here throwing around billions and percentages! Frau Präsidentin, ich werde kurz und deutlich sein: Schmeißen Sie diesen unsinnigen Bericht raus. Madam President, I will keep it short and clear: throw out this nonsensical report.
  • Fetzender
  • geheien
  • hinfallen
  • stürzen
    Sie wollten nicht Tausende europäischer Bauern in die Arbeitslosigkeit stürzen. You do not wish to throw thousands of European farmers on the dole. Sobald der Vorschlag vorliegt, werden wir uns darauf stürzen und ihn besprechen. As soon as it comes, we will throw ourselves at it and start to discuss it. Die britische Regierung hat sich vernünftigerweise dazu entschlossen, das britische Volk nicht in ein ungewisses Abenteuer zu stürzen. The UK Government has wisely decided not to throw the British people into the unknown.
  • töpfern
  • werfen; () bewerfen
  • Wurfder

Definition of throw

  • To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air
  • To eject or cause to fall off
  • To move to another position or condition; to displace
  • To make by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel
  • To send to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing
  • To intentionally lose a game
  • To confuse or mislead
  • To send desperately
  • To imprison
  • To organize an event, especially a party
  • To roll (a die or dice
  • To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it
  • To discard
  • To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower
  • To show sudden emotion, especially anger
  • To project or send forth
  • To put on hastily; to spread carelessly
  • To twist two or more filaments of 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
  • To select ; to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever
  • To install (a bridge
  • To twist or turn
  • The flight of a thrown object
  • The act of throwing something
  • One's ability to throw
  • A distance travelled; displacement
  • A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing
  • A violent effort. Chambers 1908--
  • Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe
  • The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows
  • To give birth to
  • A moment, time, occasion

Examples

  • throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider
  • throw the switch
  • If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid-operation exception
  • The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match
  • The deliberate red herring threw me at first
  • Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle
  • The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail
  • a thrown nail
  • What a great throw by the quarterback!
  • With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow
  • The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice
  • Hes got a girls throw
  • Hes always had a pretty decent throw
  • the throw of the piston
  • Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw

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