throw
throw - verb
- To propel through the air by a forward motion of the hand and arm
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"throw a baseball"
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T
23
H
9
R
19
O
15
W
26
Etymology
Middle English {it}throwen{/it} "to propel through the air, cause to fall, drive forcefully, turn on a lathe," going back to Old English {it}þrāwan{/it} "to twist, wring, (intransitive) turn round, writhe, curl," going back to West Germanic {it}*þrēan-{/it} (whence also Old Frisian {it}drāia{/it} "to turn," Old Saxon {it}thrāian{/it} "to cause to rotate, turn on a lathe," Middle Dutch {it}draeyen{/it} "to turn," Old High German {it}drâen{/it} "to turn, twist"), probably going back to Indo-European {it}*treh{inf}1{/inf}-{/it} "rub, bore," whence in Germanic "bore through with a turning motion, turn"