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- Dictionaryfly·ing/ˈflīiNG/
adjective
- 1. moving or able to move through the air with wings: "a flying ant" Similar
noun
- 1. flight, especially in an aircraft: "she hates flying"
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The meaning of FLYING is moving or capable of moving in the air. How to use flying in a sentence.
Flying definition: making flight or passing through the air; that flies. See examples of FLYING used in a sentence.
The meaning of FLY is to move in or pass through the air with wings. How to use fly in a sentence.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ / us / ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ / Add to word list. travel by air: Annette's scared of flying. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Air travel: travelling by aircraft. aeronaut. air bridge. air corridor. air rage. air taxi. bird strike. business class. coach. crash-land. hop. jet lag. jet-lagged. landfall. medevac. non-flying.
The act of soaring through the air is flying. You can also use this word to describe anything that's soaring through the air, like a flying squirrel or flying insects.
7 meanings: 1. hurried; fleeting 2. designed for fast action 3. moving or passing quickly on or as if on wings 4. hanging,.... Click for more definitions.
to control an aircraft: I learned to fly when I was in Australia. Her ambition was to fly a jumbo jet. Fewer examples. Many kinds of birds fly south at the approach of winter. We watched a flock of birds fly over the field. We are currently flying at an altitude of 15,000 metres.
Definition of flying adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Fly describes moving through the air, like birds that fly in the sky, or getting something accepted, like your silly excuse that's not going to fly with your history teacher.
a hook covered with feathers, colored silk, etc. to resemble an insect, used as a lure in fishing: a wet fly drifts below the surface of the water, and a dry fly floats on it
