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English verb: throw away | |||
| 1. | throw away (possession) throw or cast away | ||
| Samples | Put away your worries. | ||
| Synonyms | cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get rid of, remove | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abandon, close out, de-access, deep-six, dump, give it the deep six, jettison, junk, liquidize, retire, scrap, sell out, sell up, trash, unlearn, waste | ||
| 2. | throw away (contact) get rid of | ||
| Samples | He shed his image as a pushy boss. Shed your clothes. | ||
| Synonyms | cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abscise, autotomise, autotomize, exfoliate, exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough | ||
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