flown

Speech parts

1. flown - Adjective

2. flown - Verb

Derived from fly

Meaning

p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown.

Flushed, inflated.

of Fly

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mount control show pilot bear flow fly flight wave display fell operate driven flying wing
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Antonyms

delayed displayed drooped appeared emerged dragged
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Phrases with the word

high-flown poppycock use of high flown language

Examples

Success is full of promise till men get it; and then it is last year's nest from which the bird has flown. Henry Ward Beecher

All the birds have flown up and gone; A lonely cloud floats leisurely by. We never tire of looking at each other- Only the mountain and I. Li Bai

It's very hard to find critics or a magazine today that will publish material that is genuinely independent and written without any concern about being cut off some distributor's list or not be invited or flown into screenings. Wim Wenders

As though a bird had flown up from under your feet. Japanese Proverb

A spoken word is like a sparrow that once has flown away, cannot be caught again. Russian Proverb

Don't spill blood until the raven has flown over. Thai Proverb

Close letter words and terms

flowmetrically flowmetry flowmotion flowoff flowpath flowrate