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fly1       [flahy] Pronunciation Key verb, flew or, for 11, 19, flied, flown, fly·ing, noun, plural flies.
–verb (used without object)
1.to move through the air using wings.
2.to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency: bits of paper flying about.
3.to float or flutter in the air: flags flying in the breeze.
4.to travel in an aircraft or spacecraft.
5.to move suddenly and quickly; start unexpectedly: He flew from the room.
6.to change rapidly and unexpectedly from one state or position to another: The door flew open.
7.to flee; escape.
8.to travel in space: The probe will fly past the planet.
9.to move or pass swiftly: How time flies!
10.to move with an aggressive surge: A mother fox will fly at anyone approaching her kits.
11.Baseball.
a.to bat a fly ball: He flied into right field.
b.to fly out.
12.Informal. to be acceptable, believable, or feasible: It seemed like a good idea, but it just wouldn't fly.
–verb (used with object)
13.to make (something) float or move through the air: to fly a kite.
14.to operate (an aircraft, spacecraft, or the like).
15.to hoist aloft, as for display, signaling, etc.: to fly a flag.
16.to operate an aircraft or spacecraft over: to fly the Pacific.
17.to transport or convey by air: We fly merchandise to Boston.
18.to escape from; flee: to fly someone's wrath.
19.Theater.
a.to hang (scenery) above a stage by means of rigging supported by the gridiron.
b.to raise (scenery) from the stage or acting area into the flies.
–noun
20.a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
21.a flap forming the door of a tent.
22.Also called tent fly. a piece of canvas extending over the ridgepole of a tent and forming an outer roof.
23.an act of flying; a flight.
24.the course of a flying object, as a ball.
25.Baseball. fly ball.
26.British. a light, covered, public carriage drawn by one horse; hansom; hackney coach.
27.Machinery. a horizontal arm, weighted at each end, that pivots about the screw of a press so that when the screw is lowered the momentum of the fly will increase the force of the press.
28.Also called fan. Horology. a regulating device for chime and striking mechanisms, consisting of an arrangement of vanes on a revolving axis.
29.Printing.
a.(in some presses) the apparatus for removing the printed sheets to the delivery table.
b.Also called flyboy. (formerly) a printer's devil employed to remove printed sheets from a press.
30.(on a flag)
a.the horizontal dimension of a flag as flown from a vertical staff.
b.the end of the flag farther from the staff. Compare hoist (def. 7).
31.flies. Also called fly loft. Theater. the space above the stage used chiefly for storing scenery and equipment.
32.Nautical. a propellerlike device streamed to rotate and transfer information on speed to a mechanical log.
—Verb phrase
33.fly out, Baseball, Softball. to be put out by hitting a fly ball that is caught by a player of the opposing team.
—Idioms
34.fly blind. blind (def. 33).
35.fly in the face of, to act in defiance of (authority, custom, etc.). Also, fly in the teeth of.
36.fly off the handle. handle (def. 16).
37.go fly a kite, Slang.
a.to put up with or get used to matters as they stand.
b.to confine oneself to one's own affairs.
c.to cease being a nuisance: If she gets mad enough she'll tell me to go fly a kite.
38.let fly,
a.to hurl or propel (a weapon, missile, etc.).
b.to give free rein to an emotion: She let fly with a barrage of angry words.
39.on the fly,
a.during flight; before falling to the ground: to catch a baseball on the fly.
b.hurriedly; without pausing: We had dinner on the fly.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME flīen, OE fléogan; c. OHG fliogan, G fliegen, ON fljuga]

—Related forms
fly·a·ble, adjective
fly·a·bil·i·ty, noun

—Synonyms 1. Fly, flit, flutter, hover, soar refer to moving through the air as on wings. Fly is the general term: Birds fly. Airplanes fly. To flit is to make short rapid flights from place to place: A bird flits from tree to tree. To flutter is to agitate the wings tremulously, either without flying or in flying only short distances: A young bird flutters out of a nest and in again. To hover is to linger in the air, or to move over or about something within a narrow area or space: hovering clouds; a hummingbird hovering over a blossom. To soar is to (start to) fly upward to a great height usually with little advance in any other direction, or else to (continue to) fly at a lofty height without visible movement of the wings: Above our heads an eagle was soaring.
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fly2       [flahy] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural flies.
1.Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, esp. of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
2.any of various winged insects, as the mayfly or firefly.
3.Angling. a fishhook dressed with hair, feathers, silk, tinsel, etc., so as to resemble an insect or small fish, for use as a lure or bait.
4.(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Musca.
—Idiom
5.fly in the ointment, a detrimental factor; detraction: If there's one fly in the ointment, it's that there may not be the money to finish the job.
[Origin: bef. 950; ME flīe, OE fléoge, flȳge; c. MD vliege (D vlieg), OHG flioga (G Fliege); akin to fly1]

—Related forms
flyless, adjective
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fly3       [flahy] Pronunciation Key
–adjective British Informal.
1.clever; keen; ingenious.
2.agile; nimble.
[Origin: 1805–15; perh. special use of fly1]
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Fly River       [flahy] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a river in New Guinea, flowing SE from the central part to the Gulf of Papua, ab. 800 mi. (1290 km) long.
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fly 1       (flī)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   flew (flōō), flown (flōn), fly·ing, flies (flīz)

v.   intr.
  1. To engage in flight, especially:
    1. To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.
    2. To travel by air: We flew to Dallas.
    3. To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.
    4. To rise in or be carried through the air by the wind: a kite flying above the playground.
    5. To float or flap in the air: pennants flying from the masthead.
    6. To move with great speed; rush or dart: The children flew down the hall. Rumors were flying during their absence.
    7. To flee; escape.
    8. To hasten; spring: flew to her students' defense.
    1. To rise in or be carried through the air by the wind: a kite flying above the playground.
    2. To float or flap in the air: pennants flying from the masthead.
    3. To move with great speed; rush or dart: The children flew down the hall. Rumors were flying during their absence.
    4. To flee; escape.
    5. To hasten; spring: flew to her students' defense.
  3. To move or be sent through the air with great speed: bullets flying in every direction; a plate that flew from my hands when I stumbled.
    1. To move with great speed; rush or dart: The children flew down the hall. Rumors were flying during their absence.
    2. To flee; escape.
    3. To hasten; spring: flew to her students' defense.
  5. To pass by swiftly: a vacation flying by; youth that is soon flown.
  6. To be dissipated; vanish: Their small inheritance was quickly flown.
  7. past tense and past participle flied (flīd) Baseball To hit a fly ball.
  8. To undergo an explosive reaction; burst: The dropped plate flew into pieces. The motorist flew into a rage.
  9. Informal To gain acceptance or approval; go over: "However sophisticated the reasoning, this particular notion may not fly" (New York Times).

v.   tr.
    1. To cause to fly or float in the air: fly a kite; fly a flag.
    2. Nautical To operate under (a particular flag): a tanker that flies the Liberian flag.
    3. To pilot (an aircraft or a spacecraft).
    4. To carry or transport in an aircraft or a spacecraft: fly emergency supplies to a stricken area.
    5. To pass over or through in flight: flew the coastal route in record time.
    6. To perform in a spacecraft or an aircraft: flew six missions into space.
    7. To flee or run from: fly a place in panic.
    8. To avoid; shun: fly temptation.
    1. To pilot (an aircraft or a spacecraft).
    2. To carry or transport in an aircraft or a spacecraft: fly emergency supplies to a stricken area.
    3. To pass over or through in flight: flew the coastal route in record time.
    4. To perform in a spacecraft or an aircraft: flew six missions into space.
    5. To flee or run from: fly a place in panic.
    6. To avoid; shun: fly temptation.
    1. To flee or run from: fly a place in panic.
    2. To avoid; shun: fly temptation.

n.   pl. flies
  1. The act of flying; flight.
    1. A fold of cloth that covers a fastening of a garment, especially one on the front of trousers.
    2. The fastening or opening covered by such a fold.
    3. The span of a flag from the staff to the outer edge.
    4. The outer edge of a flag.
  3. A flap that covers an entrance or forms a rooflike extension for a tent or the canopy of a vehicle.
  4. A flyleaf.
  5. Baseball A fly ball.
    1. The span of a flag from the staff to the outer edge.
    2. The outer edge of a flag.
  7. A flywheel.
  8. flies The area directly over the stage of a theater, containing overhead lights, drop curtains, and equipment for raising and lowering sets.
  9. Chiefly British A one-horse carriage, especially one for hire.

Phrasal Verb(s):
fly at
To attack fiercely; assault: The dogs flew at each other's throats.

Idiom(s):
fly high
To be elated: They were flying high after their first child was born.

Idiom(s):
fly off the handle Informal
To become suddenly enraged: flew off the handle when the train was finally canceled.

Idiom(s):
let fly
  1. To shoot, hurl, or release: The troops let fly a volley of gunfire.
  2. To lash out; assault: The mayor let fly with an angry attack on her critics.

Idiom(s):
on the fly
  1. On the run; in a hurry: took lunch on the fly.
  2. While in the air; in flight: caught the ball on the fly.

[Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

fly'a·ble adj.
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fly 2       (flī)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. flies
    1. Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially any of the family Muscidae, which includes the housefly.
    2. Any of various other flying insects, such as the caddis fly.
  2. A fishing lure simulating a fly, made by attaching materials such as feathers, tinsel, and colored thread to a fishhook.


[Middle English flie, from Old English flēoge; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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fly 3       (flī)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Chiefly British Mentally alert; sharp.
  2. Slang Fashionable; stylish.


[Probably from fly1.]

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fly  (n.)
O.E. fleoge, from P.Gmc. *fleugjon (cf. O.S. fleiga, O.N. fluga, M.Du. vlieghe, Ger. Fliege "fly); lit. "the flying (insect)" (cf. O.E. fleogende "flying"), from same source as fly (v.1). Originally "any winged insect" (hence butterfly, etc.); long used by farmers and gardeners for any insect parasite. Slang adj. meaning "clever, alert, wide awake" first recorded 18c., perhaps from the notion of the insect being hard to catch (other theories, however, trace it to fledge or flash); 1990s use may be a revival or a reinvention. Fly on the wall "unseen observer" first recorded 1949. An O.E. word for "curtain" was fleonet "fly-net." Fly-swatter first attested 1917. Flypaper attested from 1851, though the item itself is said to have become commonly available in London in 1848.

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fly  (v.1)
"to soar through air," O.E. fleogan (class II strong verb; past tense fleag, pp. flogen), from W.Gmc. *fleuganan (cf. O.H.G. fliogan, O.N. flügja, M.Du. vlieghen, Ger. fliegen), from PIE *pleu- "flowing, floating" (cf. Lith. plaukiu "to swim"). The O.E. plural in -n (cf. oxen) gradually normalized 13c.-15c. to -s. Notion of "flapping as a wing does" led to sense of "tent flap" (1810), which yielded (1844) "covering for buttons that close up a garment." Flying buttress is from 1669. Fly-fishing (from fly (n.)) is from 1653; while flying fish is from c.1511. Flying saucer first attested 1947, though the image of saucers for unidentified flying objects is from at least 1880s. Flying Dutchman ghost ship first recorded c.1830, in Jeffrey, Baron de Reigersfeld's "The Life of a Sea Officer." Slang phrase fly off the handle "lose one's cool" dates from 1825. On the fly is 1851. Flying colors (1706) is probably from the image of a naval vessel with the national flag bravely displayed.

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fly  (v.2)
"run away," O.E. fleon (see flee). Fleogan and fleon were often confused in O.E., too. Mod.Eng. distinguishes in preterite: flew/fled.

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fly

adjective
1. (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked 

noun
1. two-winged insects characterized by active flight 
2. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent [syn: tent-fly] 
3. an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth 
4. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air 
5. fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect 

verb
1. travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" 
2. move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place" 
3. operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" 
4. transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" 
5. cause to fly or float; "fly a kite" 
6. be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying" 
7. change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage" 
8. pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" 
9. travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?" 
10. display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N." 
11. run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: flee] 
12. travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" 
13. hit a fly 
14. decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish] 

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fly       (flī)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of numerous insects of the order Diptera, having one pair of wings and large compound eyes. Flies include the houseflies, horseflies, and mosquitoes. See more at dipteran.

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fly (flī)
n.
Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera.

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Fly Creek, NY Zip code(s): 13337

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Fly\ (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp. Flew (fl[=u]); p. p. Flown (fl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Flying.] [OE. fleen, fleen, fleyen, flegen, AS. fle['o]gan; akin to D. vliegen, OHG. fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[=u]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve, Goth. us-flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about, and perh. to L. pluma feather, E. plume. [root]84. Cf. Fledge, Flight, Flock of animals.]

1. To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

2. To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.

3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.

Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. --Job v. 7.

4. To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies.

Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race. --Milton.

The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on. --Bryant.

5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee.

Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. --Milton.

Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? --Shak.

6. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart.

To fly about (Naut.), to change frequently in a short time; -- said of the wind.

To fly around, to move about in haste. [Colloq.]

To fly at, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack suddenly.

To fly in the face of, to insult; to assail; to set at defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct opposition to; to resist.

To fly off, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to revolt.

To fly on, to attack.

To fly open, to open suddenly, or with violence.

To fly out. (a) To rush out. (b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license.

To let fly. (a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. "A man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." --Addison. (b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let fly the sheets.

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Fly\, v. t. 1. To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.

The brave black flag I fly. --W. S. Gilbert.

2. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.

Sleep flies the wretch. --Dryden.

To fly the favors of so good a king. --Shak.

3. To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.] --Bacon.

To fly a kite (Com.), to raise money on commercial notes. [Cant or Slang]

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Fly\, n.; pl. Flies (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS. fl[=y]ge, fle['o]ge, fr. fle['o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root] 84. See Fly, v. i.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly. (b) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.

2. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing. "The fur-wrought fly." --Gay.

3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]

A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B. Jonson.

4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.

5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]

6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.

7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. --Totten.

9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below).

10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.

11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. --Knight.

13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work.

14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place.

15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.

16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.

17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.

Black fly, Cheese fly, Dragon fly, etc. See under Black, Cheese, etc. -- Fly agaric (Bot.), a mushroom (Agaricus muscarius), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- Fly block (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- Fly board (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- Fly book, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. --Kingsley.Fly cap, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- Fly drill, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. --Knight.Fly fishing, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. --Walton.Fly flap, an implement for killing flies. -- Fly governor, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as L. ciliata and L. Xylosteum. -- Fly hook, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- Fly leaf, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- Fly maggot, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.

Fly net, a screen to exclude insects.

Fly nut (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut.

Fly orchis (Bot.), a plant (Ophrys muscifera), whose flowers resemble flies.

Fly paper, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it.

Fly powder, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.

Fly press, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly.

Fly rail, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table.

Fly rod, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.

Fly sheet, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.

Fly snapper (Zo["o]l.), an American bird (Phainopepla nitens), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.

Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See Fly, n., 9.

On the fly (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground. .

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Fly\, a. Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning. [Slang] --Dickens.

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Fly\, v. t. To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an a["e]roplane.

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Fly\, n. (Cotton Manuf.) Waste cotton.

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Fly

Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah (7:18) alludes to some poisonous fly which was believed to be found on the confines of Egypt, and which would be called by the Lord. Poisonous flies exist in many parts of Africa, for instance, the different kinds of tsetse. Heb. 'arob, the name given to the insects sent as a plague on the land of Egypt (Ex. 8:21-31; Ps. 78:45; 105:31). The LXX. render this by a word which means the "dog-fly," the cynomuia. The Jewish commentators regarded the Hebrew word here as connected with the word _'arab_, which means "mingled;" and they accordingly supposed the plague to consist of a mixed multitude of animals, beasts, reptiles, and insects. But there is no doubt that "the _'arab_" denotes a single definite species. Some interpreters regard it as the Blatta orientalis, the cockroach, a species of beetle. These insects "inflict very painful bites with their jaws; gnaw and destroy clothes, household furniture, leather, and articles of every kind, and either consume or render unavailable all eatables."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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