English English Dictionary

From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.

To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through.

Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.

Thoroughly.

Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.

In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.

of Thrive

imp. of Thrive.

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.

To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.

To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.

To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.

To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.

To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.