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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
throw
/θɹəʊ/
verb1 of 2
to use your arm to make a thing fly through the air
- “Put everything you want to throw away in this box.”Tatoeba
- “Your goal is to throw the ball into the ring.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A distance travelled; displacement.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)