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1. | [ adjective ] moving swiftly | |
Synonyms: | fast-flying | |
Examples: | "fast-flying planes" "played the difficult passage with flying fingers" |
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Related terms: | moving | |
2. | [ adjective ] capable of or engaged in flight | |
Examples: | "the bat is a flying animal" |
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Related terms: | winged | |
3. | [ adjective ] moving swiftly | |
Synonyms: | fast-flying | |
Examples: | "fast-flying planes" "played the difficult passage with flying fingers" |
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Related terms: | moving | |
4. | [ adjective ] of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation | |
Examples: | "a flying time of three hours between cities" "unidentified flying objects" |
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Related terms: | air | |
5. | [ adjective ] designed for swift movement or action | |
Examples: | "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city" |
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Related terms: | mobile | |
6. | [ adjective ] done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line | |
Examples: | "a flying start" "crossed the goal line with a flying leap" |
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Related terms: | running | |
7. | [ adjective ] streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air | |
Synonyms: | waving aflare fluttering flaring | |
Examples: | "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her" "a fluttering scarf" "flying banners" "flags waving in the breeze" |
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Related terms: | moving | |
8. | [ adjective ] hurried and brief | |
Synonyms: | quick fast | |
Examples: | "paid a flying visit" "took a flying glance at the book" "a quick inspection" "a fast visit" |
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Related terms: | hurried | |
9. | [ noun ] (transportation) an instance of traveling by air | |
Synonyms: | flight | |
Examples: | "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
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Related terms: | air_travel pass sortie glide flyover acrobatics solo terrain_flight blind_flying overflight ballooning fly fly fly flight | |
Similar spelling: |
fling flowing fleeing fling_off flange Flink Flinck flinch flimsy |