flew

CEFRA2

/fluː/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Moved through the air with wings or in an aircraft.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    shallow; flat

Examples

  • The party flew nonstop from New York to Paris.

  • We flew to Paris, where we stayed a week.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /fljuː/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine equivalent of the upper lip.

More examples

In context

  • We flew direct to Hong Kong.

  • The raging hound's flews were twisted upwards in an angry snarl.

  • During the recitation, Eltie remained on her haunches, as she looked into Ralph's eyes, pulled down an eyelid, flipped up a flew, felt around his ribcage.

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Question 1 · Quick check

The startled bird blank quickly from the tree branch, soaring into the sky.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English flew, flow, from Old English flēag, flug-, from Proto-Germanic *flaug, *flug-, past tense forms of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“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”).