flying
floating, fluttering, waving, hanging, or moving freely in the air: flying banners; flying hair.
extending through the air.
moving swiftly.
made while moving swiftly: a flying leap.
very hasty or brief; fleeting or transitory: a flying visit; a flying remark.
designed or organized for swift movement or action.
Nautical. (of a sail) having none of its edges fastened to spars or stays.
the act of moving through the air on wings; flight.
Nautical. without being fastened to a yard, stay, or the like: a sail set flying.
Origin of flying
1Other words from flying
- non·fly·ing, adjective
- un·fly·ing, adjective
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How to use flying in a sentence
Road trips and domestic travel have largely superseded flying and international travel.
This Tiny Electric Car Is Selling Like Hot Cakes in China | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | October 1, 2020 | Singularity HubMention drones and Amazon in the same breath, and most people will immediately think of the company’s grand plans for aerial delivery or maybe ill-advised late-night internet purchases involving the latest consumer flying machines.
Amazon’s home security drone may actually be less creepy than a regular camera | Stan Horaczek | September 26, 2020 | Popular-ScienceBelieve me, we would be seeing super-spreading events if flying wasn’t safe.
The Importance of Face Masks and the Tragedy of Downplaying Them - Issue 90: Something Green | Kevin Berger | September 23, 2020 | NautilusThe International Air Transport Association has warned that long-distance flying will take years to return to 2019 levels and has urged countries to unify travel rules to speed the comeback.
Airport COVID testing hubs and new travel corridors are part of a plan to revive U.S.-Europe air travel | Bernhard Warner | August 19, 2020 | FortuneIt was clear in Rachel Daly’s brace and goal-line save, in Shea Groom’s superhero-like, flying header or her back-heel assist on Kristie Mewis’s goal against the Utah Royals.
That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe copilot on Flight 8501 was Remi Emmanuel Piesel, 46, who despite his age had just 2,275 hours of flying experience.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTInevitably, the old visceral “hands-on” flying skills, no longer much employed by pilots, have atrophied like an unused limb.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? | Clive Irving | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe “pilot flying” was more probably the far less experienced copilot.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? | Clive Irving | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOne report has the AirAsia Airbus flying at a speed very close to what would trigger a low speed stall.
I asked him to tell me how he produced a certain effect he makes in his arrangement of the ballad in Wagner's flying Dutchman.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThese Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantynePretty well for "a cross between an Astley's chariot, a flying machine and a treadmill."
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyI've seen just enough of flying fishes to hanker after Mandalay, just enough of Spaniards to long for a sight of Spain.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThe graceful flying-fish, like a fair white bird, goes glancing above the blue magnificence of the tropical seas.
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
British Dictionary definitions for flying
/ (ˈflaɪɪŋ) /
(prenominal) hurried; fleeting: a flying visit
(prenominal) designed for fast action
(prenominal) moving or passing quickly on or as if on wings: a flying leap; the flying hours
hanging, waving, or floating freely: flying hair
nautical (of a sail) not hauled in tight against the wind
the act of piloting, navigating, or travelling in an aircraft
(modifier) relating to, capable of, accustomed to, or adapted for flight: a flying machine
Other words from flying
- Related adjective: volant
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