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THROW AWAY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get rid of
Example:
shed your clothes
Synonyms:
cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "throw away" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "throw away"):
exuviate; molt; moult; shed; slough (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers)
abscise (shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue)
exfoliate (cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters)
autotomise; autotomize (cause a body part to undergo autotomy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Throw or cast away
Example:
Put away your worries
Synonyms:
cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "throw away" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "throw away"):
unlearn (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)
deep-six; give it the deep six (toss out; get rid of)
jettison (throw away, of something encumbering)
junk; scrap; trash (dispose of (something useless or old))
waste (get rid of)
dump (throw away as refuse)
retire (dispose of (something no longer useful or needed))
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
liquidize; sell out; sell up (sell or get rid of all one's merchandise)
de-access (dispose of by selling)
close out (terminate by selling off or disposing of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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