fly in English dictionary

  • fly

    Meanings and definitions of "fly"

    • (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings, also called true flies.
    • (non-technical) Especially , any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
    • Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
    • (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
    • (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. ( also flye)
    • (slang) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp, smart (in a mental sense).
    • (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance.
    • (slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
    • (intransitive) To travel through the air.
    • (intransitive) To flee, to escape.
    • (transitive, ergative) To cause to move through the air, to transport by air.
    • (intransitive) (colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
    • (obsolete) The action of flying; flight.
    • An act of flying.
    • (baseball) A fly ball.
    • (historical) A type of small, fast carriage.
    • A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
    • A strip of material hiding the zipper, buttons etc. at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, or underpants.
    • The free edge of a flag.
    • The horizontal length of a flag.
    • (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball which is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
    • adjective
      (slang, dated)
      Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
    • adjective
      (slang)
      Well dressed, smart in appearance.
    • adjective
      (slang)
      Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
    • noun
      (zoology)
      Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
    • noun
      (non-technical)
      Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
    • noun
      Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
    • noun
      (fishing)
      A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
    • noun
      (weightlifting)
      A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. ( also flye)
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A witch's familiar.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A parasite.
    • noun
      (swimming)
      The butterfly stroke ( plural is normally flys)
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The action of flying; flight.
    • noun
      An act of flying.
    • noun
      (baseball)
      A fly ball.
    • noun
      (now historical)
      A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised flys).
    • noun
      A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
    • noun
      A strip of material hiding the zipper, buttons etc. at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
    • noun
      The free edge of a flag.
    • noun
      The horizontal length of a flag.
    • noun
      Butterfly, a form of swimming.
    • noun
      (weightlifting)
      An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
    • noun
      The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
    • noun
      Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
    • noun
      A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See fly wheel.
    • noun
      In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
    • noun
      The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
    • noun
      (weaving)
      A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
    • noun
      (printing, historical)
      The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
    • noun
      (printing, historical)
      A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
    • noun
      One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
    • noun
      (cotton manufacture)
      waste cotton
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive, archaic, poetic)
      To flee, to escape (from).
    • verb
      (transitive, ergative)
      To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
    • verb
      (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea)
      To be accepted, come about or work out.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To travel very fast.
    • verb
      To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
    • verb
      To hunt with a hawk.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To display a flag on a flagpole.
    • verb
      (intransitive, baseball)
      To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
    • fishing lure
    • insect of the order Diptera
    • quick-witted
    • well dressed
    • insect of the family Muscidae
    • travel through air
    • flee
    • to cause to travel through the air
    • to become accepted
    • act of flying
    • baseball: flyball
    • type of small, fast carriage
    • piece of canvas that covers the opening of a tent
    • strip that hides the opening of trousers/pants or underpants
    • free edge of a flag
    • horizontal length of a flag
    • to hit a flyball
    • A common insect; any species of insect of the order Diptera.
    • The zipper or set of buttons at the front of a pair of trousers.
    • float (a flag)
    • hoist (flag)
    • A small, black and flying insect of the genus Musca, without a spine.
    • (to) fly
    • fly (of infraorder Muscomorpha)
    • To travel in an aircraft or spacecraft.
    • fly (ball)
    • To move autonomously through the air, without any part of the object or object's enclosure touching anything attached to the ground.
    • adjective
      (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
    • 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
    • noun
      flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
    • noun
      two-winged insects characterized by active flight
    • verb
      be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"
    • verb
      cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"
    • verb
      change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage"
    • verb
      decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
    • verb
      display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
    • verb
      hit a fly
    • verb
      move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
    • verb
      operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba"
    • verb
      pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
    • verb
      run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
    • verb
      transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
    • verb
      travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"
    • verb
      travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
    • verb
      travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"

    Synonyms of "fly" in English dictionary

    wing, control, alert are the top synonyms of "fly" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fly

    • Conjugation of fly
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      †Archaic or obsolete.
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza fly, lm  liczba mnoga flies fly, flew, flown, flies, flying
    • fly ( comparative flier, superlative fliest)
    • fly ( third-person singular simple present flies, present participle flying, simple past and past participle flied)
    • fly ( plural  flies)
    • thumb|right|A fly (insect)
    • fly ( third-person singular simple present flies, present participle flying, simple past flew, past participle flown)
    • fly (comparative flier, superlative fliest)
    • fly (plural flies)
    • fly (third-person singular simple present flies, present participle flying, simple past flew, past participle flown)
    • fly (third-person singular simple present flies, present participle flying, simple past and past participle flied)
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