- flown⇄flown (1), verb.
past participle of fly (2).
Ex. The bird has flown. The flag is flown on all national holidays. Flown also occurs as an element of compound adjectives: far-flown, high-flown, new-flown. - flown⇄flown (2), adjective.
1. (Archaic.) filled to excess.
Ex. The sons of Belial, flown with insolence and wine (Milton).
2. (Obsolete.) swollen, as a river in flood.