Pulling and Throw

noun

• The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.
  • usage: "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"
  • synonyms: pull

verb

• Cause to move by pulling.
  • usage: "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
  • synonyms: pull, draw, force
• Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.
  • usage: "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
  • synonyms: attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
• Move into a certain direction.
  • usage: "the car pulls to the right"
  • synonyms: pull
• Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.
  • usage: "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"
  • synonyms: pull
• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, commit, pull
• Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.
  • usage: "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
  • synonyms: draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
• Steer into a certain direction.
  • usage: "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over"
  • synonyms: pull
• Strain abnormally.
  • usage: "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"
  • synonyms: pull, overstretch
• Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.
  • usage: "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
  • synonyms: pull, draw
• Operate when rowing a boat.
  • usage: "pull the oars"
  • synonyms: pull
• Rein in to keep from winning a race.
  • usage: "pull a horse"
  • synonyms: pull
• Tear or be torn violently.
  • usage: "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
  • synonyms: rend, rip, rive, pull
• Hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing.
  • usage: "pull the ball"
  • synonyms: pull
• Strip of feathers.
  • usage: "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
  • synonyms: pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
• Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense.
  • usage: "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
  • synonyms: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
• Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for.
  • usage: "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title"
  • synonyms: pull, root for
• Take away.
  • usage: "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"
  • synonyms: pull

noun

• The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist. )
  • usage: "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
• A single chance or instance.
  • usage: "he couldn't afford $50 a throw"
• The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam.
  • synonyms: stroke, cam stroke
• Bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something.
• Casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly.
  • usage: "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice"

verb

• Propel through the air.
  • usage: "throw a frisbee"
• Move violently, energetically, or carelessly.
  • usage: "She threw herself forwards"
• Get rid of.
  • usage: "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
  • synonyms: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw off, throw away, drop
• Place or put with great energy.
  • usage: "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
  • synonyms: thrust
• Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture.
  • usage: "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"
  • synonyms: give
• Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation.
  • usage: "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
  • synonyms: flip, switch
• Put or send forth.
  • usage: "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
  • synonyms: project, cast, contrive
• To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly.
  • usage: "Jane threw dinner together"; "throw the car into reverse"
• Cause to be confused emotionally.
  • synonyms: bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate
• Utter with force; utter vehemently.
  • usage: "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone"
  • synonyms: hurl
• Organize or be responsible for.
  • usage: "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
  • synonyms: hold, have, make, give
• Make on a potter's wheel.
  • usage: "she threw a beautiful teapot"
• Cause to fall off.
  • usage: "The horse threw its inexperienced rider"
• Throw (a die) out onto a flat surface.
  • usage: "Throw a six"
• Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
  • usage: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
  • synonyms: confuse, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate

• (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.
• (n.) An effort; a violent sally.
• (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
• (v.t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
• (n.) The distance which a missile is or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
• (v.t.) 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.
• (n.) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
• (v.t.) To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.
• (v.t.) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
• (v.t.) To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
• (v.t.) To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
• (n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
• (n.) A stroke; a blow.
• (n.) A turner's lathe; a throwe.
• (v.t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
• (v.t.) To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
• (v.t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
• (v.t.) To fling, cast or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss or to bowl.
• (n.) A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
• (v.t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
• (n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
• (v.i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
• (v.t.) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
• (n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow or a downthrow.