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[tos] 1. verb1) (to throw into or through the air: She tossed the ball up into the air.) kasta2) ((often with about) to throw oneself restlessly from side to side: She tossed about all night, unable to sleep.) bylta sér3) ((of a ship) to be thrown about: The boat tossed wildly in the rough sea.) kastast til, veltast4) (to throw (a coin) into the air and decide a matter according to (a correct guess about) which side falls uppermost: They tossed a coin to decide which of them should go first.) varpa hlutkesti, kasta upp á e-ð2. noun(an act of tossing.) kast- toss up- win/lose the toss -
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[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) dauður2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) bilaður3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) algjör2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) algjörlega- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) ákaflega- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock
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throw about — intransitive verb : to go in a different direction : tack * * * throw about or throw around 1. To spend (money) extravagantly or recklessly 2. To throw carelessly in different directions 3. (throw about) to cast about or try expedients (Spenser)… … Useful english dictionary
To throw about — Throw Throw, v. i. To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice. [1913 Webster] {To throw about}, to cast about; to try expedients. [R.] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
throw about money — waste money, squander money … English contemporary dictionary
throw around — throw about or throw around 1. To spend (money) extravagantly or recklessly 2. To throw carelessly in different directions 3. (throw about) to cast about or try expedients (Spenser) • • • Main Entry: ↑throw … Useful english dictionary
Throw — Throw, v. i. To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice. [1913 Webster] {To throw about}, to cast about; to try expedients. [R.] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
throw — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a particular direction. 2 force violently into a specified position or state (the ship was thrown on the rocks; threw themselves down). 3 compel suddenly … Useful english dictionary
about ship — Synonyms and related words: back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change course, change the heading, come about, double a point,… … Moby Thesaurus
Throw out the baby with the bath water — is an idiomatic expression used to suggest an avoidable error in which something good is eliminated when trying to get rid of something bad,[1] or in other words, rejecting the essential along with the inessential.[2] A slightly different… … Wikipedia
throw your weight about — throw your weight about/around/informal phrase to use your authority to tell other people what to do in a rude and unpleasant way The boss came in, yelling and generally throwing his weight around. Thesaurus: to tell people what to dosynonym … Useful english dictionary
throw — [θrəʊ ǁ θroʊ] verb threw PASTTENSE [θruː] thrown PASTPART [θrəʊn ǁ θroʊn] [transitive] 1. throw money at to try to solve a problem by spending a lot of money, without really thinking about the problem: • There is no point throwing money at the… … Financial and business terms
throw your weight around — throw your weight about/around/informal phrase to use your authority to tell other people what to do in a rude and unpleasant way The boss came in, yelling and generally throwing his weight around. Thesaurus: to tell people what to dosynonym … Useful english dictionary
