threw
v.v. sent something through the air by moving your arm and hand quickly. It is the past tense of 'throw'.
v. propelled an object through the air by a rapid motion of the arm and hand. The past tense form of the irregular verb 'throw'.
He threw the ball to his friend.
The pitcher threw a fast curveball that the batter missed completely.
After the celebration ended, the children threw handfuls of colourful confetti into the air, watching it drift slowly toward the grass.
From Middle English threw, from Old English þrēaw (first and third person past tense of þrāwan), from West Germanic þreu, from Northwest Germanic þrerō, from Proto-Germanic þeþrō (first and third person past tense of þrēaną), reduplication of *þrēaną.
The verb is transitive and typically takes a direct object; it can also take an indirect object in the pattern 'threw someone something'.
He throwed the ball.He threw the ball.The verb is irregular; do not add '-ed' to form the past tense.