| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | An act of throwing: cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, shy2, throw, toss. See MOVE. | | VERB: | 1. To fasten or be fastened at one point with no support from below: dangle, depend, hang, suspend, swing. See HANG. 2. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy2, throw, toss. Informal : fire. See MOVE.
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