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throw

2 noun
     
Related topics: Sport
throw2 [countable]
1 an action in which someone throws something:
That was a great throw!
a throw of over 80 metres
2DS an action in which someone rolls a dice in a game:
It's your throw
3 a large piece of cloth that you put loosely over a chair to cover it and make it look attractive:
a brightly-coloured cotton throw
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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