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flown

UK/ˈfləʊn//ˈfloʊn/

flown is the past participle of fly.

flown is the past participle of flow.

Meaning of fly

Verb

fly (third-person singular simple present flies, present participle flying, simple past flew, past participle flown)

  1. (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
    • Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.
    1. (intransitive) To take a flight on a plane; to pilot or crew a plane.
      • My airline needs me to get clearance before I can fly again.
    2. (intransitive) To be in the winged adult stage.
      • This species flies from late summer until frost.
    3. (colloquial, figuratively, intransitive, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
      • Let's see if that idea flies.
  2. (transitive) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
    • Charles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean.
    1. (transitive) To arrange for someone to take a flight.
      • We flew the kids out to see their grandparents.

See all 60 meanings of fly

Meaning of flow

Verb

flow (third-person singular simple present flows, present participle flowing, simple past and past participle flowed)

  1. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
    • Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
  2. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
    • Wealth flows from industry and economy.
  3. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
    • The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
  4. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
    • […]in that day, that[…]the hils ſhall flow with milke,[…]a fountaine ſhall come forth of the houſe of the Lord,[…]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 3:18–18, signature Ffff3, verso, columns 1–2
  5. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
    • a flowing mantle
  6. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
    • The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
    Synonyms:
    come in, come up

See all 23 meanings of flow

Adjective

flown (not comparable)

  1. Suspended in the flies.
    • flown scenery

Origin of flown

From Middle English flowen, floȝen, from Old English flogen, ġeflogen, past participle of Old English flēogan (“to fly”).

From Middle English flowen (attested in derived verbs such as overflowen), from Old English flōwen, ġeflowen, past participle of Old English flōwan (“to flow”).

Words formed from flown

Phrases with flown

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Words that rhyme with flown

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Questions about flown

What does flown mean?
Flown means suspended in the flies.
What is flown the past participle of?
Flown is the past participle of fly.
What part of speech is flown?
Flown is an adjective.
How do you pronounce flown?
Flown is pronounced /ˈfləʊn/ (UK).

Words near flown in the dictionary

  1. flowmeters
  2. flowmetric
  3. flowmetrically
  4. flowmetry
  5. flowmotion
  6. flown
  7. flown a kite
  8. flown apart
  9. flown at
  10. flown baker
  11. flown blind

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: flown (page history and authors); fly (page history and authors); flow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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