Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To hastily put on (clothes).

    He threw on a T-shirt and raced outside.

  2. (transitive)To activate, to turn on (a device etc.).

    Could you please throw on the lights?

  3. (transitive)To start playing; to put on (a film, song etc.).

    I threw on a movie to pass the time.

  4. (transitive)To send or add desperately.

Examples

119 sentences
  1. Don't throw anything on the floor.

    Не кидай нічого на підлогу.

    ruНе бросай ничего на пол.

    deWirf nichts auf den Boden!

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  2. Mary threw her purse on the bed.

    Мері кинула свою сумочку на ліжко.

    ruМэри бросила сумочку на кровать.

    deMaria warf ihre Handtasche aufs Bett.

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  3. Throw another log on the fire.

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  4. Tom threw another log on the fire.

    ruТом подбросил в огонь ещё одно полено.

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  5. Tom took off his coat and threw it on the floor.

    ruТом снял пальто и бросил его на пол.

    deTom zog seinen Mantel aus und warf ihn auf den Boden.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

throws on, throwing on, threw on, thrown on
Base formthrow on · to throw on
3rd person singularthrows on
Present participlethrowing on
Past simplethrew on
Past participlethrown on

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythrow on
he, she, itthrows on

Past simpleLesson

all personsthrew on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thrown on
he, she, ithas thrown on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill throw on

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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