Definitions for flown

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flown flown

Spelling: [flohn]

IPA: /floʊn/

Flown is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in flown (flnow).

Definitions for flown

noun

1. a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
2. a flap forming the door of a tent.
3. Also called tent fly. a piece of canvas extending over the ridgepole of a tent and forming an outer roof.
4. an act of flying; a flight.
5. the course of a flying object, as a ball.
6. Baseball. fly ball.
7. British. a light, covered, public carriage drawn by one horse; hansom; hackney coach.
8. Machinery. a horizontal arm, weighted at each end, that pivots about the screw of a press so that when the screw is lowered the momentum of the fly will increase the force of the press.
9. Also called fan. Horology. a regulating device for chime and striking mechanisms, consisting of an arrangement of vanes on a revolving axis.
10. Printing. (in some presses) the apparatus for removing the printed sheets to the delivery table. Also called flyboy. (formerly) a printer's devil employed to remove printed sheets from a press.
11. the horizontal dimension of a flag as flown from a vertical staff. the end of the flag farther from the staff. Compare hoist (def 7).
12. flies, Also called fly loft. Theater. the space above the stage used chiefly for storing scenery and equipment.
13. Nautical. a propellerlike device streamed to rotate and transfer information on speed to a mechanical log.

verb

1. a past participle of fly1 .

Idioms

1. fly blind, to operate an airplane, especially during conditions of poor visibility, relying solely on instruments for guidance. to proceed with a complex task in the absence of directions by using one's own ability to determine what procedures to follow.
2. fly in the face of, to act in defiance of (authority, custom, etc.). Also, fly in the teeth of.
3. fly off the handle. handle (def 16).
4. go fly a kite, Slang. to put up with or get used to matters as they stand. to confine oneself to one's own affairs. to cease being a nuisance:
5. let fly, to hurl or propel (a weapon, missile, etc.). to give free rein to an emotion:
6. on the fly, during flight; before falling to the ground: hurriedly; without pausing:

adjective

1. decorated with colors that have been fluidly blended:
2. Archaic. filled to excess.

Verb phrases

1. fly out, Baseball, Softball. to be put out by hitting a fly ball that is caught by a player of the opposing team.

verb (used with object)

1. to make (something) float or move through the air:
2. to operate (an aircraft, spacecraft, or the like).
3. to hoist aloft, as for display, signaling, etc.:
4. to operate an aircraft or spacecraft over:
5. to transport or convey by air:
6. to escape from; flee:
7. Theater. to hang (scenery) above a stage by means of rigging supported by the gridiron. to raise (scenery) from the stage or acting area into the flies.

verb (used without object)

1. to move through the air using wings.
2. to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency:
3. to float or flutter in the air:
4. to travel in an aircraft or spacecraft.
5. to move suddenly and quickly; start unexpectedly:
6. to change rapidly and unexpectedly from one state or position to another:
7. to flee; escape.
8. to travel in space:
9. to move or pass swiftly:
10. to move with an aggressive surge:
11. Baseball. to bat a fly ball: to fly out.
12. Informal. to be acceptable, believable, or feasible:

Origin of flown

Middle English flōwen; past participle of flow

Examples for flown

He was blanketing his horse, and Isabel had flown into the sitting-room.

Wingsuit pilot Joby Ogwyn has climbed — and flown off — the highest peaks on the planet.

Had they been properly trained, they could and should have flown themselves safely out of the emergency.

An airplane had flown so close that he could see its machine guns and rockets.

Ah, for the voice that has flown away like a bird to an unknown shore!

For Barnaby himself, the time which had flown by, had passed him like the wind.

Instead, those missions have been flown from other locations and from aircraft carriers stationed in the region.

How the bright years have flown Since I was a child scarce to maidenhood grown!

He asked if would fit anywhere on any of the aircraft that were flown in that part of the world.

The blood had flown violently to his neck, which was burning him.