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Meaning of throw open

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

throw

Pronunciation:/θɹəʊ//θɹoʊ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To change place.

  2. To change in state or status

  3. To move through time.

  4. To be accepted.

noun

Definitions

  1. The flight of a thrown object.

    Example: What a great throw by the quarterback!

  2. The act of throwing something.

    Example: The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.

  3. One's ability to throw.

    Example: He's always had a pretty decent throw.

  4. A distance travelled; displacement.

    Example: the throw of the piston

verb

Definitions

  1. To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

    Example: throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider

    Synonyms:bowlbungbuzzcastcatapultchuckdashdirect
  2. To eject or cause to fall off.

    Synonyms:ejectthrow off
  3. To move to another position or condition; to displace.

    Example: throw the switch

    Synonyms:displacerelocate
  4. To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

throw

Pronunciation:/θɹəʊ//θɹoʊ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

  2. The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

verb

Definitions

  1. (said of animals) To give birth to.