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UK
/flˈaɪ/
]
[ US /ˈfɫaɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫaɪ/ ]
VERB
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travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic -
change quickly from one emotional state to another
fly into a rage -
display in the air or cause to float
fly a kite
All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.
fly a kite -
be dispersed or disseminated
Rumors and accusations are flying -
transport by aeroplane
We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America -
travel through the air; be airborne
Man cannot fly -
pass away rapidly
Time flies like an arrow
Time fleeing beneath him -
decrease rapidly and disappear
all my stock assets have vaporized
the money vanished in las Vegas -
cause to fly or float
fly a kite
fly a kite -
run away quickly
He threw down his gun and fled -
move quickly or suddenly
He flew about the place -
operate an airplane
The pilot flew to Cuba - hit a fly
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travel in an airplane
Are we driving or flying?
she is flying to Cincinnati tonight
NOUN
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
ADJECTIVE
- (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
How To Use fly In A Sentence
- While on the way thither she fell in with a polacre-rigged ship flying the The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)
- It is, we learned, easier to learn to fly a plane than to master touch-typing. Radio review: Fry's English Delight: The Trial Of Qwerty
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- If it were a little more curved it would collapse, imploding on itself in a cosmic crunch; a little less curved, and every star, planet, sun and galaxy would fly apart from each other and so would every atom of matter in each of them.
- Fly fishers in the salt water environment need something entirely different to their freshwater counterpart on the chalk stream, as does the angler who fishes big reservoirs.
- Under the "fly-in fly-out" roster system, workers can be moved to a different self-contained unit, or "donga", rather than having their own rooms, as they have had in the past. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
- As they negotiated the park gates and turned into the crowded thoroughfare, Patience sat, stiffly erect; inside, her emotions churned. A RAKE'S VOW
- She had wiggled through a tot-sized aperture in the alcove, and toddled over to a display of butterfly nets four feet away.
- So let vs, which this chaunge of weather vew, chaunge eeke our mynds and former liues amend the old yeares sinnes forepast let vs eschew, and fly the faults with which we did offend. Amoretti and Epithalamion
- Before one embarks on this high flying experience, the organisers supply a crash helmet, and a safety waist belt which is securely tied with a long and strong rope to the huge multi-coloured parasail.