 fly |
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| 1. | [ verb ] travel through the air; be airborne | |
| Synonyms: | wing | |
| Examples: | "Man cannot fly" |
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| Related terms: | travel buzz hover fly_on soar flight rack flier | |
| 2. | [ verb ] move quickly or suddenly | |
| Examples: | "He flew about the place" |
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| Related terms: | move | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (zoology) two-winged insects characterized by active flight | |
| Related terms: | dipterous_insect horn_fly tachina_fly tsetse_fly housefly blowfly flesh_fly gadfly bee_fly Diptera alula | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (transportation) fly a plane | |
| Synonyms: | pilot aviate | |
| Related terms: | operate hang_glide glide hedgehop solo fly_blind fly_contact hydroplane balloon jet test_fly air_travel flight pilot navigation pilotage aviation aviator airmanship | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (transportation) transport by aeroplane | |
| Examples: | "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" |
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| Related terms: | transport airlift flight | |
| 6. | [ verb ] cause to fly or float | |
| Examples: | : "fly a kite" |
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| Related terms: | kite float | |
| 7. | [ verb ] change quickly from one emotional state to another | |
| Examples: | : "fly into a rage" |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| 8. | [ verb ] be dispersed or disseminated | |
| Examples: | "Rumors and accusations are flying" |
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| Related terms: | travel | |
| 9. | [ verb ] pass away rapidly | |
| Synonyms: | vanish fell | |
| Examples: | "Time flies like an arrow" "Time fleeing beneath him" |
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| Related terms: | elapse vanish | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (baseball) a hit that flies high in the air | |
| Synonyms: | fly_ball | |
| Related terms: | hit blast pop_fly liner flare texas_leaguer baseball baseball | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (transportation) travel in an airplane | |
| Examples: | "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight" "Are we driving or flying?" |
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| Related terms: | travel red-eye air_travel flight | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (clothing) an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth | |
| Synonyms: | fly_front | |
| Related terms: | opening garment | |
| 13. | [ noun ] flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent | |
| Synonyms: | fly_sheet tent_flap rainfly tent-fly | |
| Related terms: | flap fly_tent | |
| 14. | [ verb ] display in the air or cause to float | |
| Examples: | : "fly a kite" "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N." |
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| Related terms: | show | |
| 15. | [ verb ] to run away | |
| Synonyms: | flee take_flight | |
| Examples: | : "He threw down his gun and fled." |
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| Related terms: | leave run escape abscond defect high-tail break elope stampede escape | |
| 16. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12222 | |
| 17. | [ adjective ] (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked | |
| Related terms: | UK colloquialism alert | |
| 18. | [ verb ] (baseball) hit a fly, in baseball | |
| Related terms: | hit baseball | |
| 19. | [ verb ] (transportation) travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft | |
| Examples: | "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" |
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| Related terms: | travel flight | |
| 20. | [ verb ] decrease rapidly and disappear | |
| Synonyms: | vaporize vanish | |
| Examples: | "the money vanished in las Vegas" "all my stock assets have vaporized" |
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| Related terms: | decrease | |
| 21. | [ noun ] fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect | |
| Related terms: | bait fish_lure streamer_fly wet_fly dry_fly | |
| Similar spelling: |
Floy flay fl flyway flu Flo flue flow floe flee flea flaw |
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