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单词 flown
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flownadj.1

Brit. /fləʊn/, U.S. /floʊn/
Etymology: past participle of fly v.1
a. Used adjectively in senses of the verb. Also with out, and with defining word prefixed, as far-flown, new-flown.
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the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective]
to-bollenc1175
bolledc1375
bolnedc1380
swollenc1386
blown1483
puffed?a1500
inflate?1504
bellieda1533
bladder-puffed1549
uppuffed1573
huffling1582
swellinga1586
upblown1590
tumorous1603
windy1603
windy-headed1603
huffed1605
flown1606
huff-pufft1608
puff-pasted1610
turgid1620
turgent1621
high-blown1623
tympanous1625
bladdered1633
tympaneda1634
tumoured1635
tympanied1637
enormous1641
over-leaven1648
flatulent1658
tympany-like1658
huffy1677
tumefied1677
blubbered1699
full-blown1699
bloated1731
tympanitical1772
inflated1785
pompholygous1855
overblown1864
forblown-
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > gone away
flown1606
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 30 Their far-flow'n wings.
1691 E. Taylor tr. Behmen Threefold Life in Theosoph. Philos. xiii. 309 The flown out Will hates that whence it sprung.
1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things i. 300 Hence new-flown birds the woods with music fill.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 6 Swifter than dreams [follow] the white flown feet of sleep.
1871 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 142 When he breathed again, And his flown senses had returned.
b. flown cover n. Philately an envelope or cover dispatched by airmail.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope > types of
postage envelope1840
mourning envelope1856
return envelope1856
stamped (and) addressed envelope1873
entire1897
window envelope1910
Mulready1912
flown cover1930
S.A.E.1939
Jiffy bag1956
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 16 Aug. p. iv/1 A new form of collecting is taking the imagination of those who are interested in flying. It is the collecting of what are called ‘flown covers’.
1936 Times 3 Jan. 14/1 A collection of postage stamps and flown covers..are also on show.
1962 M. Savill tr. G. Schenk Romance Postage Stamps iii. 132 The expeditionary forces in Korea..sent their field post letters with their national airmail stamps, and so the Korean battles are..documented..by genuine flown covers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flownadj.2

Brit. /fləʊn/, U.S. /floʊn/
Etymology: strong past participle of flow v.
Obsolete.
Only in flown sheet: see quot. 1627. Also figurative. Cf. flowing adj. 5b.
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1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 28 A flown sheate.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 A flowne sheat, that is, when they are not haled home to the blocke... A flowne sheat is when shee goes before the wind, or betwixt a paire of sheats, or all sailes drawing.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 111 We could have sailed with a flown sheet to Ria Lexa.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. x. 98 The sheets being half flown.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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