offthrow

offthrow noun: the act of throwing off; (by extension) liberation.

Noun

offthrow (countable and uncountable, plural offthrows)

The act of throwing off; (by extension) liberation
- The theory of a rise of a dome of strata from beneath the sea and the offthrow of the waters on all sides from that dome, their escape through lateral fractures in the upheaved chalk, together with a slow wearing back of the fractured and denuded edges of the chalk in the form of cliffs, […]1871, The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, page 3
- Improbable, therefore, it is that the offthrow of the Ottoman yoke by the former, will not be followed by the offthrow of the German and Russian yokes by the latter, Nationalities.1879, John S. Stuart-Glennie, Europe and Asia
That which is thrown off (i.e. discarded, ejected, or emitted)
- […] comparatively speaking, few are convinced of, or perhaps acquainted with the fact, that not only do the bed-clothes intercept and retain a large proportion of this offthrow, but that it penetrates both beds and mattresses, which actually absorb a large proprtion of it, […]1848, Clifton Cleve, The book of inventions, page 20
- In this latter or northern offthrow, nearly the whole of Peeblesshire consists, and the general dip or inclination of its rocks is accordingly northerly, or more strictly, towards north-north-west.1864, William Chambers, A History of Peeblesshire, page 515

offthrow (third-person singular simple present offthrows, present participle offthrowing, simple past offthrew, past participle offthrown)

(ambitransitive) To throw or cast off (all senses)
- Thorns of the flesh in childhood man offthrows,
  Or passions such in headlong youth he knows; […]1858, John Ashford, London; Past, Present and Future, page 9
- "[…] I stand a scarecrow in this land
  That offthrew the yoke of autocracy."1933, Corliss Lamont, Margaret Lamont, Russia Day by Day: A Travel Diary, volume 20, page 35

These are the sports, the offthrows, of the universe instead of the species; these are the weird children of the lust of the spheres.2002, Charles G. Finney, The Circus of Dr. Lao, page 50:
It is the stardrive that issues this light: a ship eats space, and light is its offthrow.2013, Robert Silverberg, Sailing to Byzantium:
If Herta wished to burden herself with an extra mouth during the lean months, the care of a stranger's offthrow — that was her business.2014, Andre Norton, Tales from High Hallack Volume Three:

Noun
plural	offthrows
alternative form	off-throw
Verb
third-person singular present	offthrows
present participle	offthrowing
past	offthrew
past participle	offthrown

From off- + throw.

What does offthrow mean?: Offthrow means the act of throwing off; (by extension) liberation.
How do you use offthrow in a sentence?: These are the sports, the offthrows, of the universe instead of the species; these are the weird children of the lust of the spheres.
What part of speech is offthrow?: Offthrow can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of offthrow?: The plural of offthrow is offthrows.

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