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Fly

verb

(past flew; past part. flown; pres. part. flying)

1.

Travel through the air; be airborne. Synonym: wing.

2.

Move quickly or suddenly.

3.

Operate an airplane. Synonyms: aviate, pilot.

4.

Transport by aeroplane.

5.

Cause to fly or float.

6.

Be dispersed or disseminated.

7.

Change quickly from one emotional state to another.

8.

Pass away rapidly. Synonyms: fell, vanish. "Time fleeing beneath him"

9.

Travel in an airplane. "Are we driving or flying?"

10.

Display in the air or cause to float. "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."

11.

Run away quickly. Synonyms: flee, take flight.

12.

Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft.

13.

Hit a fly.

14.

Decrease rapidly and disappear. Synonyms: vanish, vaporize. "All my stock assets have vaporized"

noun

(pl. flies)

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. Synonyms: fly sheet, rainfly, tent-fly, tent flap.

3.

An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth. Synonym: fly front.

4.

(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air. Synonym: fly ball.

5.

Fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect.

adjective

1.

(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked.

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"Fly" Quotes from Famous Books

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— The Market-Place • Harold Frederic

... them. The Spaniards and blacks were not slow to obey the order. Off went the guns, and the small-arm men began peppering away till the whole fort was in a cloud of smoke. Jack delayed firing as long as he could, that he might be more certain that his shot would fly over the heads of his friends. He would have waited still longer, had he not seen a Spaniard near him cocking his pistol and giving a very significant glance towards him. He had already begun to ...

— The Three Midshipmen • W.H.G. Kingston

... poppies blow Beneath the crosses, row on row That mark our place, and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the ...

— Canada • J. G. Bourinot

... the pool Shiver and moan in the gusty blast; The carded clouds are blown like wool, And the yellowing leaves fly thick and fast. ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5 • Various

... has all the advantage of studying the dialogue of the slums. These disturbances last till two in the morning in some otherwise quiet districts near the river. When Battersea 'Arry has been "on the fly" in Chelsea, while Chelsea 'Arry has been pursuing pleasure in Battersea, the homeward-faring bands meet, about one in the morning, on the Embankment. Then does Cheyne Walk hear the amoebean dialogues of strayed revellers, and knows not whether Battersea or Chelsea best ...

— Lost Leaders • Andrew Lang

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