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TO THROW OUT

Definition: TO THROW OUT

TO THROW OUT

1. (a) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. ``The other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should enjoy their exile.'' --Swift. ``The bill was thrown out.'' --Swift. (b) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuation or observation. ``She throws out thrilling shrieks.'' --Spenser. (c) To distance; to leave behind. --Addison. (d) To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an abutment. (e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws out a brilliant light. (f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO THROW OUT

English words defined with "TO THROW OUT": Bubdiscard, Disemploy, Disoccident, Disorb, DisrankJaculateOutthrowParbreak, PluffSpetTo cast forth, To cast outUnchariot, UngearYerk. (references)
Etymologies containing "TO THROW OUT": ConsternationDisemploy, DisoccidentEcbole, Ecbolinetrite. (references)

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Modern Usage: TO THROW OUT

DomainUsage

Screenplays

What, I'm supposed to throw out perfectly good flowers 'cause they came from a creep? (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: TO THROW OUT

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Many times in the past Cuban people have risen to throw out tyrants who destroyed their liberty.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: TO THROW OUT

Expression using "TO THROW OUT": to throw out of gear. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO THROW OUT

Language Translations for "TO THROW OUT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

udkoble (bring out of mesh, declutch, disconnect, disengage, isolation, release, to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear, uncouple), stille i frigear (declutch, disconnect, disengage, release, to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear, uncouple), frakoble (declutch, disconnect, disengage, release, to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear, uncouple). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ontkoppelen (uncouple). (various references)

   

French

  

désengrener (to throw out of gear), désembrayer (to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear), désaccoupler (to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear), dégager (to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear), déclencher (to disengage the clutch, to open, to throw out of gear, to trip), débrayer (to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear). (various references)

   

German

  

hinauswerfen (cast out, chuck out, eject, kick out, pitch out, put off, throw out, toss out). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βγάζω έξω από το γρανάζι (to throw out of gear), βγάζω οδοντωτό τροχό από τη θέση του (to throw out of gear), αποσυμπλέκω (declutch, disconnect, disengage, release, to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear, uncouple). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

odavet (to throw off), megzavar (bedazzle, dash, disorient, disorientate, distract, embarrass, perplex, pervert, queer, to addle, to amaze, to baffle, to bowl over, to clog, to confound, to disarray, to disconcert, to dislocate, to dismay, to disorientate, to distract, to fluster, to muddy, to perplex, to perturb, to put off, to stultify, to unsettle, to wake, unsettle), leszavaz (to kill, to negative, to poll, vote down). (various references)

   

Italian

  

disinserire (to throw out of gear), disinnestare (declutch, disconnect, disengage), disingranare (bring out of mesh, disengage, to throw out of gear). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

投'出す (to abandon, to sacrifice, to throw down), "り出す (to abandon, to expel, to fire, to give up, to neglect), 'み出す (to pick out), 摘まみ出す (to pick out). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

な' す (to abandon, to sacrifice, to throw down), つまみ す (to pick out), ほうり す (to abandon, to expel, to fire, to give up, to neglect). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay owthray outay

   

Spanish

  

desengranar (bring out of mesh, disengage, to throw out of gear), desembragar (declutch, disengage). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: TO THROW OUT

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

eicio, eicio, eiectum. (various references)

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Anagrams: TO THROW OUT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "h-o-o-o-r-t-t-t-u-w"

-1 letter: toothwort.

-2 letters: outthrow.

-3 letters: outroot, outtrot.

-4 letters: outrow, toroth, trowth.

-5 letters: ortho, routh, rowth, thoro, throw, tooth, torot, troth, trout, truth, tutor, whort, worth, wroth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO THROW OUT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      54 48 52 4F 57      4F 55 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01010010 01001111 01010111 00100000 01001111 01010101 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#82 &#79 &#87 &#32 &#79 &#85 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0054 0048 0052 004F 0057      004F 0055 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449254425249572495554

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Speeches
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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