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verb
a simple past tense of fly1.
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noun
flue3.
plural noun
the large, pendulous sides of the upper lip of certain dogs, as bloodhounds.
Origin:
1565–75; origin uncertain
1565–75; origin uncertain
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.
EXPANDto 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.
12.
COLLAPSEInformal. 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.
EXPANDto transport or convey by air: We fly merchandise to Boston.
noun
Verb phrase20.
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.
EXPANDthe 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.
COLLAPSENautical. a propellerlike device streamed to rotate and transfer information on speed to a mechanical log.
33.
Idiomsfly out, Baseball, Softball. to be put out by hitting a fly ball that is caught by a player of the opposing team.
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.
EXPANDlet 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.
COLLAPSEon 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:
before 900; Middle English flīen, Old English flēogan; cognate with Old High German fliogan, German fliegen, Old Norse fljuga
before 900; Middle English flīen, Old English flēogan; cognate with Old High German fliogan, German fliegen, Old Norse fljuga
Related forms
fly·a·ble, adjective
fly·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·fly·a·ble, adjective
re·fly·a·ble, adjective
un·fly·a·ble, adjective
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.
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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| flew2 (fluː) | |
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| a variant spelling of flue | |
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Medical Dictionary
fly (flī)
n.
Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera.
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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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Slang Dictionary
fly definition
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