Index of English words, starting with "th"

(1) - Through (a.) Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.
(2) - Through (adv.) To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through.
(3) - Through (adv.) From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.
(4) - Through (adv.) From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through.
(5) - Through (prep.) From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.
(6) - Through (prep.) Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket.
(7) - Through (prep.) Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.
(8) - Through (prep.) By means of; by the agency of.
(9) - Through (prep.) Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue.
(10) - Through (prep.) From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship.

(1) - Throughout (adv.) In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.
(2) - Throughout (prep.) Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.

(1) - Throw (v. t.) To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.
(2) - Throw (n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
(3) - Throw (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.
(4) - 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.
(5) - Throw (v. t.) To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
(6) - Throw (v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
(7) - Throw (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
(8) - Throw (v. t.) To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
(9) - Throw (v. t.) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
(10) - Throw (v. t.) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
(11) - Throw (n.) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
(12) - Throw (v. t.) To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
(13) - Throw (n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.
(14) - Throw (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.
(15) - Throw (v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
(16) - Throw (n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
(17) - Throw (n.) A stroke; a blow.
(18) - Throw (n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
(19) - Throw (n.) A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
(20) - Throw (n.) An effort; a violent sally.
(21) - Throw (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.
(22) - Throw (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
(23) - Throw (n.) A turner's lathe; a throwe.
(24) - Throw (v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.