throw
θroʊ
Why a party gets 'thrown'
The picture What your hand was holding is released hard and sent away from your body. THROW is letting go hard and sending away; CATCH is closing a hand on what arrives.
Where the picture shows up in throw
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send it through the air
Throw me the keys, please.
θroʊ miː ðə kiːz pliːz
Toss me the keys.
Keys leave the fingers, arc through the air and drop into another open palm
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get rid of it
Don't throw away the receipt.
doʊnt θroʊ əˈweɪ ðə rɪˈsiːt
Don't bin the receipt.
A crumpled slip leaves the hand and goes down into the wastebasket
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let it land anywhere
She threw her bag on the bed.
ʃiː θruː hər bæɡ ɑːn ðə bed
She dumped her bag on the bed.
A bag leaves the hand, lands on the bed with a thud and lies tipped on one side
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lay on a party
They threw a party for her.
ðeɪ θruː ə ˈpɑːrti fɔːr hər
They put on a party for her.
An empty room fills at once with a spread table, plates and arriving people
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shoot a glance
He threw me a strange look.
hiː θruː miː ə streɪndʒ lʊk
He gave me a strange look.
A head turns slightly, fires one short glance at a person, and turns back
All of it in one picture
Throw is one picture: what the hand held is released hard and sent away. Keys leaving your fingers in an arc to someone's palm is a throw; a receipt sent into the bin is thrown away. A bag let go onto the bed is thrown down, and a party flung open in front of people is a party thrown. A glance shot toward someone is a look thrown their way.