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- Dictionaryfly/flī/
verb
- 1. (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings: "close the door or the moths will fly in" Similar
- 2. move or be hurled quickly through the air: "balls kept flying over her hedge"
noun
- 1. an opening at the crotch of a pair of pants, closed with a zipper or buttons and typically covered with a flap.
- 2. the space over the stage in a theater.
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1. a. : to move in or pass through the air with wings. bees flying around the hive. : to move through the air or before the wind or through outer space. bullets flying in all directions. c. : to float, wave, or soar in the air. flags flying at half-mast. 2. a. : to take flight : flee. was forced to fly for his life when his enemies came into power.
FLY definition: 1. When a bird, insect, or aircraft flies, it moves through the air: 2. to travel by aircraft, or…. Learn more.
Fly means "move through the air with wings," and it describes the movement of birds, airplanes, kites, and other things that float or move of their own accord above the ground. There are many other meanings of fly, including a buzzing insect with wings, a baseball hit high across a field, and the zipper on a pair of pants.
to move suddenly and quickly; start unexpectedly: He flew from the room. to change rapidly and unexpectedly from one state or position to another: The door flew open. to flee; escape. to travel in space: The probe will fly past the planet. to move or pass swiftly: How time flies! to move with an aggressive surge:
fly is the general term: Birds fly. Airplanes fly. To flit is to make short rapid flights from place to place: A bird flits from tree to tree. To flutter is to agitate the wings tremulously, either without flying or in flying only short distances: A young bird flutters out of a nest and in again.
[intransitive] (of an aircraft or a spacecraft) to move through air or space. fly (from A) (to B) They were on a plane flying from London to New York. fly (to B) (from A) Lufthansa fly to La Paz from Frankfurt. + adv./prep. Enemy planes fly overhead. to fly at the speed of sound. The aircraft was declared fully functional and fit to fly.
1. To engage in flight, especially: a. To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts. b. To travel by air: We flew to Dallas. c. To operate an aircraft or spacecraft. 2. a. To rise in or be carried through the air by the wind: a kite flying above the playground. b. To float or flap in the air: pennants flying from the masthead. 3.
