"throw on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: throws on [present, singular, third-person], throwing on [participle, present], threw on [past], thrown on [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> on}} 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). Tags: transitive Translations (to hastily put on (clothes)): felkap (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-throw_on-en-verb-jR4RrDEf Disambiguation of 'to hastily put on (clothes)': 61 2 37 1
  2. (transitive) To activate, to turn on (a device etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-throw_on-en-verb-q8Y~xX7F
  3. (transitive) To start playing; to put on (a film, song etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-throw_on-en-verb-Mx8PHsWD
  4. (transitive) To send or add desperately. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-throw_on-en-verb-qyGfksTf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "on", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 22 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 24 20 21 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 20 22 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 19 21 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 15 16 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 16 17 50

Inflected forms

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