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THROW TOGETHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does throw together mean? 

THROW TOGETHER (verb)
  The verb THROW TOGETHER has 2 senses:

1. produce shoddily, without much attention to detailplay

2. bring into random orderplay

  Familiarity information: THROW TOGETHER used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THROW TOGETHER (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce shoddily, without much attention to detail

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

fudge together; throw together

Hypernyms (to "throw together" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring into random order

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

jumble; scramble; throw together

Hypernyms (to "throw together" is one way to...):

disarray; disorder (bring disorder to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "throw together"):

tumble (throw together in a confused mass)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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