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flew

FLOO/fluː/

Noun pluralflews

4 meanings of flew

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense of fly. Use it for the past.

    The birds flew south before the first snow.

    We flew to Spain last summer for our vacation.

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  2. 2
    noun
    The loose upper lip that hangs down on each side of the mouth in some dogs.

    Drool dripped from the hound's flews onto the kitchen floor.

    The vet lifted the dog's flews to look at its back teeth.

    Similarjowls, lips

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  3. 3
    adjectivedialectalUK
    Shallow and flat, not deep.

    Pour the batter into a flew dish so it cooks evenly.

    The stream was flew enough to wade across without trouble.

    Similarshallow, flat

    Oppositedeep

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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    verbobsolete
    Past tense of flay. This old form means you stripped the skin off something.
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flew is a form of fly

fly, verb: To move through the air without touching the ground. Full entry

Forms
flyflies he/she/itflying -ing formflew past tenseflown past participle
Spelling
fly → flew: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

This is the old past tense of "fly." It comes from Old English and older Germanic forms meaning "flew."