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flown

/ˈfləʊn/
Meanings
  • Verb

    Past tense and past participle of the verb 'fly'. Indicates that something or someone has moved through the air.

    - "The bird has flown away."
    - "The plane has flown over the city."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈfloʊn/



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Antonyms

remain , stay , walk
Synonyms

hurry , zoom , abscond , escape , flee , ascend , aviate , float , glide , hover , rise , skim , soar , wing , dart , flit
Rhymes
Words rhyming with flown
gone , mown , lawn , drawn , dawn
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. Floen (Norwegian) : A unit of length, equal to 1/10 of a fathom.

  2. Floon () : A soft, round, doughy ball of clay.

Variants
List of all variants of flown that leads to same result
flown , fly , flew , flew at , flew blind , flew high , flew in the face of , flew in the teeth of , flied , flies , flies at , flies blind , flies high , flies in the face of , flies in the teeth of , flown at , flown blind , flown high , flown in the face of , flown in the teeth of , fly at , fly blind , fly high , fly in the face of , fly in the teeth of , flying , flying at , flying blind , flying high , flying in the face of , flying in the teeth of , high-flown , test-flew , test-flies , test-flown , test-fly , test-flying , flew into a rage , flies into a rage , flown into a rage , fly into a rage , flying into a rage , flew into , flies into , flown into , fly into , flying into , flew off the handle , flies off the handle , flown off the handle , fly off the handle , flying off the handle
Forms
Different forms of the word (e.g., verb conjugations, plural forms, comparative/superlative forms for adjectives).

Flewn (Old English past tense), Flew (Modern English past tense), Flown (Past participle)

Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English flogan, related to flyge, flygan, from flēogan, to fly.

Trivia
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  1. The past tense and past participle of 'fly' is 'flown'.

  2. The first powered flight took place on December 17, 1903, when the Wright brothers flew their aircraft, the Wright Flyer, for 12 seconds and covered a distance of 120 feet.

Related Concepts
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  1. Aviation: The science, business, art, or practice of flying in an aircraft.

  2. Migration: The seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

Culture
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In literature, 'flown' has been used to describe the escape or departure of characters, often with a sense of freedom or liberation. In art, it has been depicted in various forms, such as birds in flight or airplanes soaring through the sky.

How to Memorize "flown"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a bird spreading its wings and flying through the sky. Visualize the sensation of weightlessness and freedom.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'flown' with the image of a plane soaring through the clouds or a bird flying gracefully in the sky.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic phrase like 'Flew over the cuckoo's nest' to remember the past tense of 'fly'.

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