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Cartoon of the incident in which a singer from a Tyrolean singing group flew around the neck and kissed the British King George IV after the performance. To the left the other male singers, in the background the king's mistress, Lady Conyngham, looks on angrily.

Illustrations

Landscape with sea and rocks and the falling Icarus and the floating Daedalus. Icarus flew too close to the sun, melting the wax that attached his wings.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Interesting fact

The "Spruce Goose" flew on November 2, 1947, for one mile, at a maximum altitude of 70 feet. Built by Howard Hughes, it is the largest aircraft ever built, the 140-ton eight-engine seaplane, made of birch, has a wingspan of 320 feet. It was built as a prototype troop transport. Rejected by the Pentagon, Hughes put the plane into storage, never to be flown again.

flew
Preterit of fly.
(n) flew
See flue.
flew
See flue.
(n) flew
A layer or fold of cloth as it comes from the loom.
(n) flew
See flue.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

Interesting fact

The first chimpanzee to travel into space was named Ham. He got the name from the lab he was raised in, the Holloman AeroMedical laboratory in Alamogordo, NM. Ham flew in a Mercury space capsule in 1961. His trip also proved that space travel was safe for humans.

(pa.t) Flew
flōō of Fly.

Quotations

Come to the edge, He said. They said, We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them... and they flew.

Guillaume Apollinaire

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

Dorothea Brande

Usage in the news

Chinese flags flew in Washington when President Hu Jintao visited in 2011, more. ashingtontimes.com

At the annual grandmother's Halloween party this week, Drew flew off into a rage after missing the hayride. star-telegram.com

Producer Denise Di Novi has been assigned to the Mad Max movie after studio head Jeff Robinov flew to the set. hollywoodreporter.com

Less than a month after reopening the case, homicide detectives Kevin Lowe and Ralph Hernandez flew to Hawaii, where the Splendour, now owned by Ron Nelson, is docked. cbsnews.com

This is a little awkward, because I was in one of my "Hannah moods," but I had to take the opportunity to get the scoop on this cool new product before it flew off to the EICMA show to make its world premiere. dirtrider.com

Todd Heap tells Nestor he flew back to Baltimore honor Art Modell. nst.net

Some, like Seattle resident Julie Margulies, 50, flew thousands of miles to the nation's capital to attend. jewishjournal.com

The frequent fliers who flew too much. latimes.com

The FAA has revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew past their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. ashingtonpost.com

Banker Rafael Follieri, boyfriend of Anne Hathaway, flew commercial from Atlanta to New York despite supposedly owning a private jet. nymag.com

The worried young pilot flew south, deeper into hostile territory, navigating by the stars. historynet.com

Hearing it used unironically, as would-be Missouri senator Todd Akin did last week, one almost feels as if Amelia Earhart never flew a plane and Sally Ride never rode a space shuttle. sanluisobispo.com

I was taking a picture of a woodpecker drinking from the bird bath in our garden, when it's mate flew over onto the tree. king5.com

Ben Provisor flew into town Wednesday night, returns to Colorado Springs Friday, then hops a plane Monday to head over to London for the Olympics. saw.com

Przbyszewski flew Huey helicopters during his service in the Vietnam War with the HAL-3 (helicopter attack, light, 3rd Squadron) also known as the Seawolves. newtoncitizen.com

Usage in scientific papers

Flew, A. (1984). A Dictionary of Philosophy.
The quantum speed up as advanced knowledge of the solution

In the late 90s, the UCSB group developed a new telescope concept, using a large (2.6 m diameter), flat rotating mirror as a tool to quickly cover large regions of the sky, and flew this instrument on a balloon.
25 years of Cosmic Microwave Background research at INPE

Usage in literature

The bluebird paused for a moment with outstretched wings looking for the fugitive, then flew away. "Bird Stories from Burroughs" by John Burroughs

Then he turned a cold glance on Joel, who flew over to Davie's side. "Five Little Peppers at School" by Margaret Sidney

Then she flew down and searched with her sharp little eyes until she found a tiny live coal. "The Book of Stories for the Storyteller" by Fanny E. Coe

The colts flew over the ground at a gallop. "The Fighting Edge" by William MacLeod Raine

It vanished again, and dark clouds flew past; but still it was a greeting, a friendly good-night offered to me by the Moon. "What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen

They did not swim, but flew. "Jewish Children" by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

Then the raven flew over her, screaming again as he flew. "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" by Hans Christian Andersen

Occasionally, when she approached, he flew out to meet and come back with her, as if to escort her. "Little Brothers of the Air" by Olive Thorne Miller

Suddenly a close flock of eight or ten birds flew past us and disappeared behind the hill. "The Foot-path Way" by Bradford Torrey

So this evening, after the burning of the book, Mell's sore and angry fancies flew as usual to the chest. "Nine Little Goslings" by Susan Coolidge

Usage in poetry

He flew; his flight
Neither high nor wide
Was a vagabond's
To a seedman's stride.

"Jackdaw" by Padraic Colum

WHEN wing'd with gay prosperity
The hours unheeded flew,
A gracious God protected me
From ills I never knew.

"Hymn" by Maria Frances Cecilia Cowper

And now the turnpike gates again
Flew open in short space;
The toll-men thinking as before,
That Gilpin rode a race.

"The Diverting History Of John Gilpin, Showing How He Went Farther Than He Intended, And Came Safe Ho" by William Cowper

And as to her for ever dear
The frantic mourner flew,
To wipe from her pale cheek the tear,
And breathe a last adieu;

"Edwin and Eltruda, a Legendary Tale" by Helen Maria Williams

Then up and spake the popinjay
That flew abune her head:
"Gae let him in that tirls the pin:
He cometh thee to wed."

"The Lang Coortin'" by Lewis Carroll

For Lancaster Sir Philip rose,
And many a Yorkist slew;
Till, singling him amidst his foes,
Lord Hubert's arrow flew.

"Edgar And Ellen" by Matilda Betham