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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.

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.

To pass by swiftly: a vacation flying by; youth that is soon flown.

To be dissipated; vanish: Their small inheritance was quickly flown.

past tense and past participle flied (flīd) Baseball To hit a fly ball.

To undergo an explosive reaction; burst: The dropped plate flew into pieces. The motorist flew into a rage.

Informal To gain acceptance or approval; go over: "However sophisticated the reasoning, this particular notion may not fly" (New York Times).

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.

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.

A flap that covers an entrance or forms a rooflike extension for a tent or the canopy of a vehicle.

A flyleaf.

Baseball A fly ball.

1. The span of a flag from the staff to the outer edge.

2. The outer edge of a flag.

A flywheel.

flies The area directly over the stage of a theater, containing overhead lights, drop curtains, and equipment for raising and lowering sets.

Chiefly British A one-horse carriage, especially one for hire.

To shoot, hurl, or release: The troops let fly a volley of gunfire.

To lash out; assault: The mayor let fly with an angry attack on her critics.

On the run; in a hurry: took lunch on the fly.

While in the air; in flight: caught the ball on the fly.