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TO THROW AWAY

Definition: TO THROW AWAY

TO THROW AWAY

1. (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO THROW AWAY

English words defined with "TO THROW AWAY": To cast away, To cast by. (references)
Etymologies containing "TO THROW AWAY": Disoccident. (references)

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Modern Usage: TO THROW AWAY

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep. (The Gambler; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: TO THROW AWAY

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

You have the power to throw away this wealth, and to think me ridiculous into the bargain.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: TO THROW AWAY

Language Translations for "TO THROW AWAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Aymara

  

jaqomucuña. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

棄置 (to discard), (abandon, relinquish, to discard). (various references)

   

German

  

wegwerfen (cast away, discard, dump, jettison, pitch out, scrap, throw away, throw out, throwaway, toss away, toss out, trash). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

eltékozol (to dissipate, to squander), elszalaszt (to let pass, to let slip, to miss, to pass up), eldob (cast, discard, fling away, put off, threw, throw away, thrown, to abject, to cast away, to chuck, to chuck away, to discard, to throw, to throw off). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

投'捨てる , "ち捨てる (to abandon), 捨てる (to abandon, to cast aside, to resign), 取り捨てる . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すてる (to abandon, to cast aside, to resign), な'すてる, うちすてる (to abandon), とりすてる. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay owthray awayay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: TO THROW AWAY

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Avestan200-600

spayeite. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: TO THROW AWAY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-h-o-o-r-t-t-w-w-y"

-2 letters: throwaway.

-4 letters: athwart, throaty, towaway.

-5 letters: hooray, throat, thwart, toothy, toroth, trowth, worthy, wrathy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO THROW AWAY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      54 48 52 4F 57      41 57 41 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01010010 01001111 01010111 00100000 01000001 01010111 01000001 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#82 &#79 &#87 &#32 &#65 &#87 &#65 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0054 0048 0052 004F 0057      0041 0057 0041 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544925442524957235573559

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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