flown

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

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

flown

1. past participle of fly

flown (not comparable)

1. (theater) Suspended in the flies.

   flown scenery

• high-flown

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

flown

1. (rare, obsolete) past participle of flow