Used in a Sentence

threw

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for threw.

Editorial note

Mine wasn't introductory and just threw out ways to decompose the problem into counter intuitive (think ~monad) blocks.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of threw gathered in one view.

verb

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

verb

(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

verb

(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for threw.

verb

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

verb

(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

verb

(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

verb

(transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.

Example sentences

1

Mine wasn't introductory and just threw out ways to decompose the problem into counter intuitive (think ~monad) blocks.

2

The continuous references about how many books he has and reads also threw me off.

3

Usually, if the miscreant that threw it then ran away can't be identified, you just eat the cost of the window.

4

A part of the workspace threw an exception and I was presented with the option to debug it.

5

I haven't done any GUI programming on MS tech since 2001 when I threw away MFC and COM.

6

I think I agree with your view, but the sarcasm in your post threw me for a loop.

7

The other problem is one company I applied with threw a 10+ hour take-home without any warning before the interview.

8

Well, that's sort of the reason - they needed a differentiator, there was an obvious one for the taking and they threw it away.

9

Yeah that threw me for a loop too, I think it's because Hangouts isn't configured to handle SMS for you.

10

And they didn't just boo him, they threw snowballs at him.

11

He had jumped from the top step of his high chair straight in apparently and literally threw me out of the water to a waiting colleague.

12

I collapsed from exhaustion and threw up several times after I (somehow) got across.

Quote examples

1

I tried to submit this link a few hours back and it HN threw me a "Deadlink" page, strange.

2

I'd like to be able to say "always" detect an error condition, but, alas, we threw that away decades ago.

3

If you go back in time 10 or 15 years, the "web team" threw code over the fence at the operations team, and we all prayed everything worked.

4

"How will your company make money?" Ex.1 - take 5% cut "What kind of people will you need to hire..." -> this is getting more specific than necessary <- While I would have doubts about that business model I just threw together in 5 minutes, my point real point is-- you guys are Hacker News.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use threw in a sentence?

Mine wasn't introductory and just threw out ways to decompose the problem into counter intuitive (think ~monad) blocks.

What does threw mean?

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

What part of speech is threw?

threw is commonly used as verb.