Direct vs. Throw

Directadjective

Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

Directadjective

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.

Directadjective

Straightforward; sincere.

Directadjective

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

Directadjective

In the line of descent; not collateral.

Directadjective

(astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.

Directadjective

(political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.

Directadjective

having a single flight number.

Directadverb

Directly.

Directverb

To manage, control, steer.

Directverb

To aim (something) at (something else).

Directverb

To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.

Directverb

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

Directverb

(dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.

Directadjective

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

Directadjective

Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.

Directadjective

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

Directadjective

In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.

Directadjective

In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; - said of the motion of a celestial body.

Directadjective

Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation.

Directverb

To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

Directverb

To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.

Directverb

To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.

Directverb

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.

Directverb

To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

Directverb

To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

Directnoun

A character, thus [ ], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.

Directverb

command with authority;

Directverb

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

Directverb

guide the actors in (plays and films)

Directverb

be in charge of

Directverb

take somebody somewhere;

Directverb

cause to go somewhere;

Directverb

aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

Directverb

give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;

Directverb

specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

Directverb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Directverb

put an address on (an envelope, for example)

Directverb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking);

Directadjective

direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short;

Directadjective

immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening;

Directadjective

extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action;

Directadjective

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;

Directadjective

moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

Directadjective

similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;

Directadjective

of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating;

Directadjective

as an immediate result or consequence;

Directadjective

in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;

Directadjective

effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives;

Directadjective

exact;

Directadverb

without deviation;

Directadjective

extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping

Directadjective

(of apparent planetary motion) proceeding from west to east in accord with actual motion.

Directadjective

without intervening factors or intermediaries

Directadjective

(of light or heat) proceeding from a source without being reflected or blocked

Directadjective

(of genealogy) proceeding in continuous succession from parent to child

Directadjective

(of a quotation) taken from someone's words without being changed.

Directadjective

(of taxation) levied on income or profits rather than on goods or services.

Directadjective

complete (used for emphasis)

Directadjective

(of a person or their behaviour) going straight to the point; frank

Directadjective

(of evidence or proof) bearing immediately and unambiguously upon the facts at issue

Directadjective

perpendicular to a surface; not oblique

Directadverb

with no one or nothing in between

Directadverb

by a straight route or without breaking a journey

Directverb

control the operations of; manage or govern

Directverb

supervise and control (a film, play, or other production, or the actors in it)

Directverb

train and conduct (a group of musicians).

Directverb

aim (something) in a particular direction or at a particular person

Directverb

tell or show (someone) how to get somewhere

Directverb

address or give instructions for the delivery of (a letter or parcel)

Directverb

focus (one's thoughts) on or address (one's efforts) towards something.

Directverb

address a comment to or aim a criticism at

Directverb

target a product or advertisement specifically at (someone)

Directverb

guide or advise in a course or decision

Directverb

give (someone) an official order or authoritative instruction

Throwverb

(transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

Throwverb

(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

Throwverb

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

Throwverb

(ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

Throwverb

to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

Throwverb

To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

Throwverb

(sports) To intentionally lose a game.

Throwverb

To confuse or mislead.

Throwverb

(figuratively) To send desperately.

Throwverb

(transitive) To imprison.

Throwverb

To organize an event, especially a party.

Throwverb

(ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).

Throwverb

(transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

Throwverb

To discard.

Throwverb

(martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.

Throwverb

To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.

Throwverb

(transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

Throwverb

(transitive) To project or send forth.

Throwverb

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

Throwverb

To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) 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.

Throwverb

To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).

Throwverb

(transitive) To install (a bridge).

Throwverb

To twist or turn.

Throwverb

To give birth to.

Thrownoun

The flight of a thrown object.

Thrownoun

The act of throwing something.

Thrownoun

One's ability to throw.

Thrownoun

A distance travelled; displacement.

Thrownoun

A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

Thrownoun

A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

Thrownoun

Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

Thrownoun

(veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

Thrownoun

(obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.

Thrownoun

(obsolete) A period of time; a while.

Thrownoun

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

Thrownoun

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

Thrownoun

The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.

Thrownoun

A stroke; a blow.

Thrownoun

The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.

Thrownoun

A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.

Thrownoun

An effort; a violent sally.

Thrownoun

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.

Thrownoun

A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).

Thrownoun

A turner's lathe; a throwe.

Thrownoun

The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; - according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.

Throwverb

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

Throwverb

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.

Throwverb

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

Throwverb

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

Throwverb

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

Throwverb

To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

Throwverb

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

Throwverb

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

Throwverb

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

Throwverb

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

Throwverb

To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; - said especially of rabbits.

Throwverb

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.

Throwverb

To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.

Thrownoun

the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist);

Thrownoun

a single chance or instance;

Thrownoun

the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

Thrownoun

the distance that something can be thrown;

Thrownoun

bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something

Thrownoun

the throwing of an object in order to determine an outcome randomly;

Throwverb

project through the air;

Throwverb

move violently, energetically, or carelessly;

Throwverb

get rid of;

Throwverb

place or put with great energy;

Throwverb

convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;

Throwverb

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

Throwverb

put or send forth;

Throwverb

to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly;

Throwverb

cause to be confused emotionally

Throwverb

utter with force; utter vehemently;

Throwverb

organize or be responsible for;

Throwverb

make on a potter's wheel;

Throwverb

cause to fall off;

Throwverb

throw (a die) out onto a flat surface;

Throwverb

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;