Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Filled to excess.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Past participle of fly.
- Flooded; steeped; filled; made full.
- Decorated by means of color freely blended or flowed, as a glaze. See
flow , intransitive verb, 8.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
fly ; -- often used with the auxiliary verbto be . - adjective Flushed, inflated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Past participle of
fly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word flown.
Examples
-
The budget carrier, which two years ago overtook Philippine Airlines as the largest domestic carrier in terms of passengers flown, is planning to expand its fleet to 47 aircraft from 29 within the next five years.
-
He felt his heart beating against the bottle, and he thought of the chickadee that had flown from the Indian's coat earlier that day.
Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Alexi Zentner's 'Trapline' Narrative Magazine 2010
-
A $7 million surveillance plane equipped to detect air, land and sea threats was flown from the Canadian border to Colorado Springs in April to assist in an investigation of marijuana-growing operations that apparently resulted in charges against six people.
Colorado Springs Marijuana Busts Were Aided By Use Of $7 Million Homeland Security Plane Colorado Springs Gazette 2010
-
The budget carrier, which two years ago overtook Philippine Airlines as the largest domestic carrier in terms of passengers flown, is planning to expand its fleet to 47 aircraft from 29 within the next five years.
Cebu Pacific Gains Altitude on First Day Cris Larano 2010
-
A $7 million surveillance plane equipped to detect air, land and sea threats was flown from the Canadian border to Colorado Springs in April to ...
Colorado Springs Marijuana Busts Were Aided By Use Of $7 Million Homeland Security Plane Colorado Springs Gazette 2010
-
A $7 million surveillance plane equipped to detect air, land and sea threats was flown from the Canadian border to Colorado Springs in April to ...
Colorado Springs Marijuana Busts Were Aided By Use Of $7 Million Homeland Security Plane Colorado Springs Gazette 2010
-
He is also no stranger to the skies above Washington, having flown from the Capitol more than once.
The Eagle That Didn’t Fly - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
-
Of course, the computers say the paper rocket that has never flown is much more reliable than the Delta.
Delta IV Heavy is Cheaper Than Ares 1. Wow. Who Knew. - NASA Watch 2009
-
My maid (who heretofore has been an impeccable source of information) tells me he has again flown the coop.
-
A $7 million surveillance plane equipped to detect air, land and sea threats was flown from the Canadian border to Colorado Springs in April to assist in an investigation of marijuana-growing operations that apparently resulted in charges against six people.
Colorado Springs Marijuana Busts Were Aided By Use Of $7 Million Homeland Security Plane Colorado Springs Gazette 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.