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- [floo]
- /flu/
- /fluː/
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- [floo]
- /flu/
Definitions of flew word
- verb flew a simple past tense of fly1 . 2
- verb without object flew to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency: bits of paper flying about. 2
- verb without object flew to float or flutter in the air: flags flying in the breeze. 1
- verb without object flew to travel in an aircraft or spacecraft. 1
- verb without object flew to move suddenly and quickly; start unexpectedly: He flew from the room. 1
- verb without object flew to change rapidly and unexpectedly from one state or position to another: The door flew open. 1
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Origin of flew
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Flew
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flew popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
flew usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flew
noun flew
- canvased — Simple past tense and past participle of canvas.
- foxed — deceived; tricked.
- flapped — Simple past tense and past participle of flap.
- beetled — Projecting over.
- whirred — to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound: An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.
adjective flew
- swelled — to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
- bossed — Botany, Zoology. a protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.
- trigged — neat, trim, smart, or spruce.
- smarted — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- sounded — Surgery. a long, slender instrument for sounding or exploring body cavities or canals.
verb flew
- hovered — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- soared — to fly upward, as a bird.
- glided — to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
- coasted — Simple past tense and past participle of coast.
- winged — having wings.
Antonyms for flew
verb flew
- dawdled — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
- dallied — to waste time; loiter; delay.
- decelerated — Simple past tense and past participle of decelerate.
- delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
- procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
Top questions with flew
- the one who flew over the cocos nest?