flew

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

• Past of fly

Adjective

• shallow; flat

Origin

• Unknown.
• From Middle English flew, flow, from Old English flēag, flug-, from Proto-Germanic *flaug, *flug-, past tense forms of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą. Compare Saterland Frisian flooch, West Frisian fleach, Dutch vloog, German flog, Danish fløj, Swedish flög, Icelandic flaug.