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Flew

//fluː// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    shallow; flat UK, dialectal
Noun
  1. 1
    The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine equivalent of the upper lip. plural

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

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past of fly form-of, past
  2. 2
    simple past of flay form-of, obsolete, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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