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flew

Pronunciation: /fluː/

The English word “flew” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

adjective

  1. shallow; flat

Etymology

From Middle English flew, flow, from Old English flēag, flug-, from Proto-Germanic *flaug, *flug-, past tense forms of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“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”).

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