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.
  "throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"
• (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
  "There the snake throws her enamelled skin."
• (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
  "throw the switch"
• (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
  "Through practice, you’ll learn how to add the right amount of water as you throw a pot, and your fingers will feel when the pot has reached the proper thickness."

noun

• (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
• (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
  "Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw."
• (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.

noun

• (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
• (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
  "Downe himselfe he layd Vpon the grassie ground, to sleepe a throw; The cold earth was his couch, the hard steele his pillow."