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flew

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flu?/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /flju?/
  • Rhymes: -u?
  • Homophones: flu, flue

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

flew (plural flews)

  1. (chiefly plural) The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine equivalent of the upper lip.
    The raging hound's flews were twisted upwards in an angry snarl.

Related terms

  • flewed

Etymology 2

From Middle English flew, flow, from Old English fl?ag, flug-, from Proto-Germanic *flaug, *flug-, past tense forms of Proto-Germanic *fleugan? (to fly). Compare Saterland Frisian flooch (flew), West Frisian fleach (flew), Dutch vloog (flew), German flog (flew), Danish fløj (flew), Swedish flög (flew), Icelandic flaug (flew).

Verb

flew

  1. simple past tense of fly

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • flue

Adjective

flew (comparative more flew, superlative most flew)

  1. (Britain, dialect) shallow; flat

References

Anagrams

  • fewl

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /?vle?u?/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /?vl?u?/

Noun

flew

  1. Soft mutation of blew.

Mutation

flew From the web:

  • what flew over the cuckoo's nest
  • what flew across the sky tonight
  • what flew out of pandora's box
  • what flew past earth
  • what flew over the community at the beginning of the story
  • what flew by earth
  • what flew by earth last night


flown

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?fl??n/
  • Rhymes: -??n
  • (US) IPA(key): /?flo?n/

Verb

flown

  1. past participle of fly

Adjective

flown (not comparable)

  1. (theater) Suspended in the flies.
    flown scenery

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