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to tost

9.9

To throw something lightly without care

verb

Archaic

: lanzar

She tost her scarf onto the chair as she entered the room.

Examples

The child tost his toy aside carelessly.
The sailor tost the rope to his companion during the storm.
In the ancient poem, the hero tost his spear across the battlefield.
He tost the ball into the air.
In the ancient poem, the hero tost his spear lightly over the battlefield.
As she entered the room, she tost her scarf casually onto the chair.
In a hurry, he tost the ball towards his friend with little care.

Synonyms

to throw

vsto tost

∞ 1.0

To send something through the air by a quick movement of the arm

is the archaic past form limited to light or careless tossing

to toss

vsto tost

348 1.0

To throw something lightly to another person

is the archaic past form of that action rather than the present form

to chuck

vsto tost

Informal

57 4.2

To throw something away carelessly

refers specifically to the archaic past form of light careless throwing

to fling

vsto tost

30 3.1

To throw something forcefully or carelessly

expresses the archaic past of a light, careless action rather than strong force

to nad

vsto tost

9.9

To throw something lightly without care

is the archaic past form used for that same light careless action

Surface Forms

tost infinitive

tosted past

tosted past participle

tosting present participle

tosts third person singular

Morphology

tost = toss (semi-transparent) = toss + t

Historically an inflected past form of 'toss' using an archaic -t ending; meaning is that of the past tense but the formation is non-standard in modern English and may not be obvious to learners.

Etymology

Tost is an old past form of toss, which means 'to throw lightly'. So when a poem says he tost his spear, it simply means he 'tossed' or lightly threw it.