different between flew vs passed

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pæst/
• Homophone: past

Verb

passed

1. simple past tense and past participle of pass

Adjective

passed (not comparable)

1. That has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).
2. That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified.

Derived terms

• passed pawn

Anagrams

• Spades, spades