قذف1 قَذَفَ بِالْحِجارَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا, aor. قَذِفَ, inf. n. قَذْفٌ, He threw stones, &c. (Msb.) b2:  قَذَفَ بِهِ He  cast it; cast it forth; namely, an arrow, and a pebble, and speech, and anything. (Lth, TA.) It may sometimes be rendered He shed it; as, for instance, light into the heart, said of God. b3:  يَقْذِفُ بِالحَقِّ (Kur, xxxiv. 47,) He (God) uttereth truth. (Zj, TA.) b4:  قَذَفَ بِالسَّهْمِ He  shot the arrow. (Lth, TA.) b5:  قَذَفَ He reproached, upbraided, reviled, vilified, defamed, or gave a bad name to, a chaste woman: (MA:) he reproached, upbraided, &c. another; syn. شَتَمَ. (JK.) Used tropically, قَذَفَهُ is most correctly rendered (tropical:)  He cast at him an accusation: but it is commonly used and expl. as syn. with شَتَمَهَ q. v. b6:  قَذَفَ He charged, reproached, or upbraided, (رَمَى,) a chaste, or an honest, or a married, woman, with adultery. (S, Msb, K.) b7:  قَذَفَهَ بِهِ He aspersed him, reviled him; syn. شَتَمَهُ. (JK.) b8:  قَذَفَهَ بِهِ He reproached, or upbraided, him with it; he accused him of it. (TA.) b9: Also, i. q.  أَصَابَهُ بِهِ. (TA.) b10:  وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِالغَيْبِ (Kur, xxxiv. 52,) They uttering conjectures, (Zj, TA,) or uttering conjecture; (Bd;) speaking of that which was hidden [from them], (Ksh,) of that which had not become apparent to them. (Bd.) b11:  قُذِفَتْ بِاللَّحْمِ (assumed tropical:)  She (a camel) became  fat and plump. (TA, voce اُسْتُعْرِضَت.) b12: قَذَفَتْهُ القَوَاذِفُ: see طَوَّحَتْهُ الطَّوَائِحُ.قُذُفٌ Land in which is no pasturage wherein cattle may freely range. (L, art. صح.) قَذَّافٌ i. q.مَنْجَنِيقٌ: (Lth, K:) The kind of instrument with which a thing is thrown so that it goes far; n. un. with ة. (Aboo-Kheyreh, K.) See مَرْجَامٌ and مِرْجَمَةٌ. b2:  قُذَّافَهٌ A sling: pl. قُذَّافَاتٌ. (MA.) قَوَاذِفُ: see طَوَائِحُ; and طَوَّحَتْهُ الطَّوَائِحُ.مَقَاذِفُ: see مَطَاوِحُ: Places of perdition; syn. مَهَالِكُ. (TA.)