Word.ws English Dictionary

throws on

throws on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of throw on.

Meaning of throw on

Verb

throw on (third-person singular simple present throws on, present participle throwing on, simple past threw on, past participle thrown on)

  1. (transitive) To hastily put on (clothes).
    • He threw on a T-shirt and raced outside.
  2. (transitive) To activate, to turn on (a device etc.).
    • Could you please throw on the lights?
  3. (transitive) To start playing; to put on (a film, song etc.).
    • I threw on a movie to pass the time.
  4. (transitive) To send or add desperately.
    • City, who lost Kevin De Bruyne to injury midway through the second half, threw on Sergio Aguero for his final appearance but there was no fairytale ending for the club's greatest goalscorer as Chelsea closed out the win.2021 May 29, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport

Questions about throws on

What is throws on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Throws on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of throw on.

Words near throws on in the dictionary

  1. throws of the dice
  2. throws off
  3. throws off balance
  4. throws off on
  5. throws off the trail
  6. throws on
  7. throws one's back out
  8. throws one's cap over the windmill
  9. throws one's hat in the ring
  10. throws one's hat into the ring
  11. throws one's hat over the fence

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: throws on (page history and authors); throw on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “throws on.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/throws_on. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.