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Fled vs Flea - What's the difference?

fled | flea |

As a verb fled

is (flee).

As a noun flea is

feast, banquet (especially a drinking feast).

fled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (flee)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    flee

    English

    Verb

  • (label) To run away; to escape.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2
    • , passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.}}
  • (label) To escape from.
  • (label) To disappear quickly; to vanish.

    • Related terms

    * flight

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    * * English irregular verbs ----

    flea

    English

    (wikipedia flea)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) fle, from (etyl) (compare Latin (m)).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera , renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
  • A thing of no significance.
    • Derived terms
    * flea market * sand flea * sand fly * sandfly

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 74:
    • In this Thwackum had the advantage; for while Square could only scarify the poor lad's reputation, he could flea his skin [...].

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