Definitions of FLY in various dictionaries:
noun -
two-winged insects characterized by active flight
noun -
flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
noun -
an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
noun -
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
noun -
fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
verb -
travel through the air
verb -
move quickly or suddenly
verb -
operate an airplane
verb -
transport by aeroplane
verb -
cause to fly or float
verb -
be dispersed or disseminated
verb -
change quickly from one emotional state to another
verb -
pass away rapidly
verb -
travel in an airplane
verb -
display in the air or cause to float
verb -
run away quickly
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travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
verb -
hit a fly
verb -
decrease rapidly and disappear
adj -
(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.
To travel by air: We flew to Dallas.
To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.
To rise in or be carried through the air by the wind: a kite flying above the playground.
To float or flap in the air: pennants flying from the masthead.
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.
To move with great speed; rush or dart: The children flew down the hall.
To flee; escape.
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.
To hit a fly ball.
To undergo an explosive reaction; burst: The dropped plate flew into pieces.
To gain acceptance or approval; go over: “However sophisticated the reasoning, this particular notion may not fly” (New York Times).
To cause to fly or float in the air: fly a kite; fly a flag.
To operate under (a particular flag): a tanker that flies the Liberian flag.
To pilot (an aircraft or a spacecraft).
To carry or transport in an aircraft or a spacecraft: fly emergency supplies to a stricken area.
To pass over or through in flight: flew the coastal route in record time.
To perform in a spacecraft or an aircraft: flew six missions into space.
To flee or run from: fly a place in panic.
To avoid; shun: fly temptation.
The act of flying; flight.
A fold of cloth that covers a fastening of a garment, especially one on the front of trousers.
The fastening or opening covered by such a fold.
A flap that covers an entrance or forms a rooflike extension for a tent or the canopy of a vehicle.
A flyleaf.
A fly ball.
The span of a flag from the staff to the outer edge.
The outer edge of a flag.
A flywheel.
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.
Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially any of the family Muscidae, which includes the housefly.
Any of various other flying insects, such as the caddis fly.
A fishing lure simulating a fly, made by attaching materials such as feathers, tinsel, and colored thread to a fishhook.
Mentally alert; sharp.
adv - mentally keen [ adj -ERER, -EREST] : CLEVERLY
verb - to move through the air
verb - to hit a ball high into the air in baseball