different between flew vs flowen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu?/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /flju?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophones: flu, flue

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

flew (plural flews)

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

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

Related terms

• flewed

Etymology 2

From Middle English flew, flow, from Old English fl?ag, flug-, from Proto-Germanic *flaug, *flug-, past tense forms of Proto-Germanic *fleugan? (“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”).

Verb

flew

1. simple past tense of fly

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• flue

Adjective

flew (comparative more flew, superlative most flew)

1. (Britain, dialect) shallow; flat

References

Anagrams

• fewl

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?vle?u?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?vl?u?/

Noun

flew

1. Soft mutation of blew.

Mutation

English

Verb

flowen

1. (obsolete) past participle of flow

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English fl?wan, from Proto-Germanic *fl?an?. Compare flod.

Alternative forms

• flowenn, flwy, flue, flowe, flouen, flo?en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?u??n/

Verb

flowen

1. To flow, stream, or issue; (of liquids or fluids) to move:
   1. To flow downwards; (of liquids or fluids) to spout or trickle.
   2. To act like a fluid; to be turbulent or temporary.
   3. (figuratively) To move like liquid; to move smoothly or flowingly.
   4. (rare) To become turbulent or rough; to start moving (of the oceans)
2. To become affected by a flood or deluge; to be flooded or covered in liquid.
3. To become high; to flow (of the ocean's tidal motion).
4. To be carried by water or carried in an analogous motion; to be propelled smoothly.
5. (rare, figuratively) To enjoy or utilise (material goods or possessions)
6. (rare, figuratively) To have a profuse amount or multitude of something.
7. (rare, figuratively) To appear (of feelings)

Usage notes

This verb is mainly weak in Middle English, but some traces of its historic status as a class 7 strong verb still remain.

Conjugation

Related terms

• flowyng
• overflowen

Descendants

• English: flow
• Scots: flow

References

• “flouen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-12.