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Associations of "Thrown" (30 Words)
capsize | Cause (a boat) to overturn. Do you know what to do in the event of a capsize. |
cast | Make a moulded object by casting metal. You can look at the star chart cast at somebody s birth. |
chuck | Throw carelessly. People chuck an incredible 40 per cent of all food we produce. |
dart | A small pointed missile with a feather or plastic flight used in the game of darts. He darted the leopard with a long acting anaesthetic. |
dash | Come into forceful contact with something. I must dash I m late. |
dice | A game played with dice. Dice the peppers. |
discus | A small colourful South American freshwater fish with a rounded laterally compressed body, native to South America and popular in aquariums. |
dispose | Arrange in a particular position. People now have substantial assets to dispose of after their death. |
fling | The act of flinging. I had a fling with someone when I was at college. |
flip | Glib or flippant. He couldn t get away with flip funny conversation. |
flirt | A person who habitually flirts. The lark was flirting around the site. |
flit | A sudden quick movement. They did a moonlight flit. |
hurl | A violent throw. The demonstrators hurled abuse at councillors. |
hurtle | Make a thrusting forward movement. The cars hurtled by. |
invert | An arch constructed in an upside-down position to provide lateral support, e.g. in a tunnel. When forming a question invert the subject and the verb. |
juggle | Influence by slyness. She had to juggle her job and her children. |
juggling | The act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression. |
ogle | Stare at in a lecherous manner. A vaguely erotic ogle. |
pebble | A small stone made smooth and round by the action of water or sand. A narrow pebble beach. |
somersault | Perform a somersault or make a similar movement accidentally. His car somersaulted into a ditch. |
spending | The act of spending or disbursing money. |
spew | Vomit. The volcano spews out molten rocks every day. |
spin | Fish with a spinner. Spin silk. |
splurge | An ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc. I splurged on a new TV. |
toss | The action of tossing a coin as a method of deciding which team has the right to make a particular decision at the beginning of a game. Toss the salad. |
turnover | The volume measured in dollars. An annual turnover of staff as high as 100. |
unload | Leave or unload. The street was jammed with vans unloading. |
wastebasket | A waste-paper basket. |
wasteful | Laying waste- Shakespeare. Wasteful duplication of effort. |
whirl | The shape of something rotating rapidly. Sybil stood waving as they whirled past. |