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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

... you might pull up the blanket when you're in bed to-night, Mrs. Pittis. 'Well, your highness,' said I, 'how about the pain?' 'Pah!' says the king, 'where's your philosophy? Did you never see a fly jump into a lamp-flame?' 'Yes, sure,' I answered. 'And what happened then? A moment's crackle, and an end of it. You've no time to feel pain.' 'Well, then,' said I, 'if your majesty will make a hole for me as near the middle as is convenient to yourself, I will jump into the ...

— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 • Various

... F, fly-leaf. The passage was printed by the late Mr. Riley, although somewhat inaccurately, in his Memorials (p. 205). The original MS. runs thus: "Item in Camera Gildaule sunt sex Instrumenta de Laton vocata Gonnes cum quinque ...

— London and the Kingdom - Volume I • Reginald R. Sharpe

... my question, Lord Silverbridge. It is surely one which I have a right to ask." Then she stood waiting for his reply, keeping herself at some little distance from him as though she were afraid that he would fly upon her. And indeed there seemed to be cause for such fear from the frequent gestures of his hands. "Why do you not answer me? Has there ...

— The Duke's Children • Anthony Trollope

... an unbeliev'n heart. God will not suffer us to rest in our sin of unbelief. If we lay up our treasures on earth where moth and rust doth corrupt, we must expect they will take to themselves wings and fly away." ...

— Laicus - The experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish • Lyman Abbott

... have gone back to speak with him. I was at this moment neither brave nor fearful. I repeat that I had no sensation except an absolutely selfish obstinate challenge that I, myself, was addressing to Something in space. I was saying: "At last, my chance has come. Now you shall see whether I fly from you or no. Now you shall do your worst and fail. I'm the hunter ...

— The Dark Forest • Hugh Walpole

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