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Definition: TO THROW AWAY |
TO THROW AWAY1. (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. |
Crosswords: TO THROW AWAY |
| English words defined with "TO THROW AWAY": To cast away, To cast by. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TO THROW AWAY": Disoccident. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep. (The Gambler; performing artist: Kenny Rogers) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | You have the power to throw away this wealth, and to think me ridiculous into the bargain. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "TO THROW AWAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Aymara | jaqomucuña. (various references) | ||||
Chinese | 棄置 (to discard), 棄 (abandon, relinquish, to discard). (various references) | ||||
German | wegwerfen (cast away, discard, dump, jettison, pitch out, scrap, throw away, throw out, throwaway, toss away, toss out, trash). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | eltékozol (to dissipate, to squander), elszalaszt (to let pass, to let slip, to miss, to pass up), eldob (cast, discard, fling away, put off, threw, throw away, thrown, to abject, to cast away, to chuck, to chuck away, to discard, to throw, to throw off). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 投'捨てる , "ち捨てる (to abandon), 捨てる (to abandon, to cast aside, to resign), 取り捨てる . (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | すてる (to abandon, to cast aside, to resign), な'すてる, うちすてる (to abandon), とりすてる. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay owthray awayay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | spayeite. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-o-o-r-t-t-w-w-y" | |
-2 letters: throwaway. | |
-4 letters: athwart, throaty, towaway. | |
-5 letters: hooray, throat, thwart, toothy, toroth, trowth, worthy, wrathy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F      54 48 52 4F 57      41 57 41 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01010010 01001111 01010111 00100000 01000001 01010111 01000001 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   T H R O W   A W A Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F      0054 0048 0052 004F 0057      0041 0057 0041 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544925442524957235573559 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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