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Definition: Throw In |
Throw InVerb1. Add as an extra or as a gratuity. 2. Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up". 3. To insert between other elements: "She interjected clever remarks.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | To operate a clutch so as to interlock its two members and thus start motion. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Throw InSynonyms: chuck up the sponge (v), come in (v), drop out (v), give up (v), inject (v), interject (v), interpose (v), put in (v), quit (v), throw in the towel (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: throw-in (mechanical engineeringbusiness). |
| Antonym: enter (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accusation | Charge with, saddle with; lay to one's door, lay charge; lay the blame on, bring home to; cast in one's teeth, throw in one's teeth; cast the first stone at. |
Interposition | Put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in; interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in; let in, dovetail, splice, mortise; insinuate, smuggle; infiltrate, ingrain. |
Reception | Verb: give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink; (food). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Throw In |
| English words defined with "throw in": Cross buttock ♦ Soss ♦ To cast up, To fling down, To fling in, To throw in. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "throw in": Embolic. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Now, throw in a lot of that born again Jesus stuffthey like that (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) Getting my wine in position to throw in your damn face! (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramn De Espaa) Of course, if someone were having a seizure in your bathtub, you'd throw in you laundry! (High Society; writing credit: Lisa Albert; Pat Dougherty) I might throw in a few extra dollars and send you to charm school. (XXX; writing credit: Rich Wilkes) | |
Lyrics | Throw in a body like Jennifer's (Liquid Dreams; performing artist: O-Town) With Janet Jackson's smile, throw in a body like Jennifers' (Liquid Dreams; performing artist: O-Town) The breakfast garbage that you throw in to the Bay, (Pollution; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
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Expressions using "throw in": throw in ones hand ♦ throw in one's hand ♦ throw in one's teeth ♦ throw in prison ♦ throw in the towel ♦ throw in with ♦ To throw in ♦ to throw in gear. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "throw in"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i hedh (throw in one's hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خضع (bend, bow, compel, conquer, hew, knuckle under, kowtow, reclaim, reduce, steady, subdue, subject, subjugate, submit, subordinate, succumb, throw in one's hand, undergo, wash, yield), إستسلم (capitulate, cave, give in, give up, give way to, hands up, lay down, resign, submit, succumb, surrender, throw in one's hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | казвам между другото, вкарвам топката в игра след тъч, включвам (add in, comprise, cover, engage in, engraft, gear, include, incorporate, insert, involve, latch, make, number, occlude, plug in, subsume, take in), вмъквам (bring, bring in, inject, insert, inset, interject, interpolate, interpose, parenthesize, put in, run in, slip, weave, work, work in), отварям (blow in, break out, open, open up, put up, tear open, throw open, turn on, unbolt, undo, unseal, unstop, unwrap), пускам (admit, bleed, cast off, course, discharge, dismiss, drive, drop, float, fly, give off, grow, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, mail, play, push out, put forth, put on, put out, release, rip out, run, send forth, slip, start, start up, turn out, uncork, unhand, unleash), прибавям (add, add in, add on, admix, affix, append, eke out, interpolate, join, put in, stick in, superadd, supplement, tack, tag, tail, tail on, take on), добавям (append, inset, superadd, supplement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 投" (to put in, to throw in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilkoble (attach, clutch, connect, couple, engage, to connect, to couple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | koppelen (couple, match, match-make). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tokaista (blurt out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rappel publicitaire, rappel, engager, enclencher, embrayer, accoupler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | einwerfen (insert, interject, interpolate, interpolation, interpose, intrude, mail, post, smash, to interject). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμπλέκω (group, splice), δίνω επιπλέο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"כ ע (buckle under, capitulate, give in, give up, give way to, knuckle under, resign, submit, succumb, surrender, throw in ones hand, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | feladja a játszmát (to give up the game, to throw in one's hand), bedobja a törülközőt (to throw in the towel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rimettere in gioco, rimessa (depot, garage, outhouse, shed), innestare (be inserted, engage, engraft, graft, implant, insert, join), aggiungere (add, annex, append, be added, join, put in, sketch in, subjoin, tag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 腰投' (hip throw in judo or sumo), 立ち技 (standing throw in judo), 巴投' (overhead throw in judo), 大外刈 (type of throw in judo), 口'入れる (to throw in a suggestion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たちわざ (standing throw in judo), おおそとがり (type of throw in judo), くち'いれる (to throw in a suggestion), "しな' (hip throw in judo or sumo), ともえな' (overhead throw in judo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ceau stiagh (cast in, interject). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owthray inay face o remarcã (pass a remark). (various references) сдаваться (capitulate, give in, give up, surrender, throw in one's hand). (various references) smiot (throw in the air with one hand and strike with the other). (various references) ubacivanje (injection, interjection). (various references) tener a (boast, dispose of, itch, lead), tributar (do), dar de más, fabricar (achieve, act, brew, carry out, do, fabricate, falsify, knock out, make, make up, manufacture, perform, produce, turn out), embragar (clutch, couple, engage), elaborar (develop, elaborate, fabricate, hammer out, map, process, think out, work, work out, work up), efectuar (bring about, contrive, effect, effectuate, make, prosecute, stage, to cause), formar (array, conceive, constitute, draw up, dress, educate, fashion, form, form up, frame, lay, make up, Marshal, model, Mold, mould, parade, put together, shape, throw, train, train up, turn out), dar gratis, hacer (accomplish, achieve, act, administer, advance, ask, be, bestow, bind, bring, bring in, build, carry out, cause, come, commit, compose, compound, create, cut, cut out, do, draw, drive, drop, effect, emit, enter into, enter up, fabricate, force, form, generate, get, get out, give, go at, hole, keep, knock out, lay, lean, level, light, live, live through, lumber, lure on, make, make into, make up, making, observe, offer, pack, pass, pay, perform, perpetrate, place, poke, prosecute, pull, punch, put, put forward, put out, put up, render, set off, tackle, take, take on, think up, throw, throw out, throw up, tie, to do, to make, to make into, travel, turn out, wet, work, work out), componer (arrange, compose, compound, consist in, dispose, integrate, make up, order, reconcile, refit, repair, set, set up, snap out of it, trim, trim up, vamp, write), barajar (make, riffle, shuffle), arrojar sobre la mesa, alcanzar (accomplish, achieve, acquire, add up to, amount, arrive at, attain, carry, catch up, catch up with, come up with, do, gain, get, get at, hit, jockey, last out, make up on, obtain, overhaul, overtake, reach, throw out, touch, win, win through), actuar (act, actuate, appear, do, operate, perform, play, proceed, sit), echar (add, affix, blow, blow out, bud, cast, cast up, chuck, chuck out, detrude, draw, drop, eject, fall back, fasten, kick out, lay, order off, order out, oust, post, pour, pump, push out, put, put down as, put forth, put on, put out, send, send away, send forth, send out, shoot, shoot forth, shoot out, sick, tack on, tell off, throw, throw away, throw on, throw out, throw up, tick off, tip, toss, toss away, toss over, turf out, turn out), añadir (add, add in, add on, adjoin, affix, annex, append, cement, complement, compliment, extol, extoll, incorporate, increase, join on, lend, postfix, put on, put together, sauce, subjoin, tack on), guisar (cook, do, prepare, stew), hacer una añadición, insertar (advertise, indent, insert, inset, introduce, put in, write in), ir a (attend, come, come by, come in for, do, get, go to, visit), lanzar (aim, bring out, cast, dart, dash, deliver, drop, ejaculate, fling, give, heave, hurl, hurtle, introduce, lance, launch, lower, pitch, put, release, send, send up, set up, shoot, sling, tell off, throw, throw down, throw out, toss), ofrecer de más, ofrecer gratis, poner (add, adjust, affix, alight, append, arrange, attach, bet, call, clap, connect, contribute, deposit, do, dress, drop, encase, enclose, entangle, expend, fasten, get down, get on, give, give in, impawn, impose, inclose, insert, instal, install, invest, job, jug, kick out, land, lay, lay down, light, make, open, perform, place, play back, pose, post, provoke, put, put down, put into, put on, put out, put through, put up, raise, read, send, set, set up, slip on, stake, stand, start, stick, stick down, Stow, suppose, switch on, tag on, take, take along, translate, turn on, wear), proceder (accrue, behavior, behaviour, descend, descended, do, proceed, proceeding, take legal action), rendir a (bring in, do, yield), resolver (arrange, clear up, decide, detect, determine, dispose of, dissolve, get out, have out, resolve, settle, solve, think out, work out), sacar (bring out, bring up, draw, draw out, educe, elicit, extract, fetch, get, let, produce, protract, put out, screw, take, take out, throw out), salvar (bestride, circumvent, cover, do, jump, jump over, keep, negotiate, overcome, pull through, rescue, salvage, salve, save, shoot), ganar (beat, benefit, best, carry, carry off, deserve, draw, earn, gain, get, get the best of, head, land, make, make money, profit, put over, reclaim, save, take, take on, walk over, win, win out, win the toss). (various references) inkast (objection). (various references) topu oyuna sokma, eklemek (add, adjoin, affix, annex, append, attach, insert, interlard, interpolate, join, join together, joint, link, link up, piece, put in, put on, put to, run in, slap on, splice, subjoin, suffix, superimpose, supplement, tack, write in), dahil etmek (count in, include, incorporate), cabası olarak vermek, birbirine geçirmek (dovetail, enlace, interlace, intertwine, lock, rabbet). (various references) вставляти (fill in, interpose, nest, parenthesize), ділити (carve, divide, go snaps, whack), додавати (add, add to, add together, add up, affix, annex, append, augment, cumulate, eke, put, subjoin, sum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ingerebant, inmisero, inmisisti, inmisit, inmisitque, inmissa, inmissam, inmissus, inmittam, inmittamque, inmittas, inmitte, inmittendos, inmittentes, inmittere, inmittet, inmittetur, inmittit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-n-o-r-t-w" | |
-1 letter: thrown. | |
-2 letters: intro, nitro, north, rhino, rowth, thorn, throw, whort, worth, wroth. | |
-3 letters: hint, horn, inro, into, iron, noir, nori, nowt, riot, roti, thin, thio, thir, thro, tiro, tori, torn, town, trio, trow, twin, whin, whir, whit, wino, with, wont, worn, wort, writ. | |
-4 letters: hin, hit, hon, hot, how, ion, nit, noh, nor, not. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-n-o-r-t-w" | |
+1 letter: ingrowth, throwing, worthing. | |
+2 letters: downright, ingrowths, misthrown, nowhither, whereinto, windthrow. | |
+3 letters: antigrowth, brownshirt, unworthier, unworthies, unworthily, upthrowing, windthrows, worthiness. | |
+4 letters: brownshirts, downrightly, growthiness, intergrowth, misthrowing, outthrowing, outwhirling, unworthiest, withindoors. | |
+5 letters: flowcharting, ghostwriting, ghostwritten, intergrowths, interwrought, noteworthily, overthrowing, unworthiness, worthinesses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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