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flown
(mass) | flown
- fly |
flown
(encz) | flown,fly/flew/flown v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
flown
(encz) | flown,letěl v: Zdeněk Brož |
Flown
(gcide) | Flown \Flown\,
p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be;
as, the birds are flown.
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Flown
(gcide) | Flown \Flown\, a.
Flushed, inflated.
Note: [Supposed by some to be a mistake for blown or swoln.]
--Pope.
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Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
--Milton.
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Flown
(gcide) | Fly \Fly\ (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp. Flew (fl[=u]); p. p. Flown
(fl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Flying.] [OE. fleen, fleen,
fleyen, flegen, AS. fle['o]gan; akin to D. vliegen, OHG.
fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[=u]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve,
Goth. us-flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about, and perh.
to L. pluma feather, E. plume. [root]84. Cf. Fledge,
Flight, Flock of animals.]
1. To move in or pass through the air with wings, as a bird.
2. To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass
or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.
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3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.
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Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
--Job v. 7.
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4. To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate
rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around;
rumor flies.
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Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race.
--Milton.
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The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on.
--Bryant.
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5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an
enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee.
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Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. --Milton.
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Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? --Shak.
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6. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly
or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door
flies open; a bomb flies apart.
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To fly about (Naut.), to change frequently in a short time;
-- said of the wind.
To fly around, to move about in haste. [Colloq.]
To fly at, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack
suddenly.
To fly in the face of, to insult; to assail; to set at
defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct
opposition to; to resist.
To fly off, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to
revolt.
To fly on, to attack.
To fly open, to open suddenly, or with violence.
To fly out.
(a) To rush out.
(b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license.
To let fly.
(a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. "A man
lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." --Addison.
(b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let
fly the sheets.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
flown
(mass) | flown
- fly |
flown
(encz) | flown,fly/flew/flown v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladflown,letěl v: Zdeněk Brož |
high-flown
(encz) | high-flown,výstřední adj: Zdeněk Brož |
overflown
(encz) | overflown,přeletěl v: Zdeněk Brož |
fly/flew/flown
(czen) | fly/flew/flown,flewv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladfly/flew/flown,flownv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladfly/flew/flown,flyv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
High-flown
(gcide) | High-flown \High"-flown`\, a.
1. Elevated; proud. "High-flown hopes." --Denham.
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2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown
language. --M. Arnold.
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Outflown
(gcide) | Outfly \Out*fly"\, v. t. [imp. Outflew; p. p. Outflown; p.
pr. & vb. n. Outflying.]
To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than. --Shak.
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Winged with fear outflies the wind. --Waller.
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Overflown
(gcide) | Overfly \O`ver*fly"\, v. t. [imp. Overflew; p. p. Overflown;
p. pr. & vb. n. Overflying.]
To cross or pass over by flight. --Byron.
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high-flown
(wn) | high-flown
adj 1: pretentious (especially with regard to language or
ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of
the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means
to attain social revolution" [syn: high-flown, {high-
sounding}, inflated]
2: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or
style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown
ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand
purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand,
high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified,
idealistic, noble-minded] |
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