flown

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfləʊn/
  • Rhymes: -əʊn
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfloʊn/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle English flowen, floȝen, from Old English flogen, ġeflogen, past participle of Old English flēogan (“to fly”).

Verb

flown

  1. past participle of fly

Adjective

flown (not comparable)

  1. (theater) Suspended in the flies.
    flown scenery

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English flowen (attested in derived verbs such as overflowen), from Old English flōwen, ġeflowen, past participle of Old English flōwan (“to flow”).

Verb

flown

  1. (rare, obsolete) past participle of flow
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