FLOWN
What does "FLOWN" mean?
The past participle of 'fly', used to describe something that has moved through the air or departed.
Meanings
- Past participle of 'fly': having moved through the air by wings, aircraft, or force. By dawn the geese had flown south for the winter.
- Past participle of 'fly' in the sense of having gone or passed swiftly. The years have flown since we last met. figurative
Word origin
From Old English 'flogen', the past participle of 'fleogan' (to fly), formed by the same vowel-change pattern that gives 'blow/blown' and 'grow/grown'.
Remember it
FLOWN follows the same pattern as BLOWN and GROWN: -OW verb becomes -OWN in the past participle.
A little poem
The nest holds warm air
where five small weights used to be-
the morning has flown.
haiku
Wordplay
- Time flies, and once it's flown, even the past tense can't catch it.
What it teaches
By the time you call a thing 'flown,' it is already a memory you cannot reach for.
Quick facts
What does FLOWN mean?
The past participle of 'fly', used to describe something that has moved through the air or departed.
Is FLOWN a valid word?
Yes — FLOWN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FLOWN?
FLOWN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FLOWN come from?
From Old English 'flogen', the past participle of 'fleogan' (to fly), formed by the same vowel-change pattern that gives 'blow/blown' and 'grow/grown'.
What can FLOWN teach us?
By the time you call a thing 'flown,' it is already a memory you cannot reach for.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.