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How to pronounce fly in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fell, vanish
Type of go by, slip by, glide by, elapse, slide by, go along, slip away, pass, lapse
Verb group vaporize, vanish
Type Words
Synonyms vanish, vaporize
Type of diminish, fall, decrease, lessen
Verb group vanish, fell
Type Words
Synonyms wing
Type of locomote, go, move, travel
Has types fly on, buzz, flight, rack, soar, hover
Derivation flier, flying, flyer


Man cannot fly.
Type Words
Synonyms flee, take flight
Type of run, turn tail, take to the woods, scat, scarper, run away, break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam
Has types escape, desert, defect, decamp, get away, bolt, make off, absquatulate, abscond, go off, run off, high-tail, hightail, stampede, elope, break loose, break
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Synonyms fly sheet, rainfly, tent-fly, tent flap
Type of flap
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Synonyms aviate, pilot
Type of control, operate
Has types flat-hat, hedgehop, hang glide, soar, solo, balloon, test fly, hydroplane, glide, fly contact, jet, fly blind, seaplane
Derivation flying, flier, flyer
Type Words
Synonyms fly front
Type of opening
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Synonyms fly ball
Type of hit, hitting, striking
Has types blast, pop-up, pop fly, pop-fly, texas leaguer, flare, liner, line drive
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Type of go, locomote, move, travel


Rumors and accusations are flying.
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Has types kite


fly a kite.
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Type of change


fly into a rage.
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Type of show


fly a kite.
All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N..
Type Words
Type of fish lure, fisherman's lure
Has types streamer fly, wet fly, dry fly
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Type of hit
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Type of move
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Type of transport, carry
Has types airlift, lift
Verb group pilot, aviate
Derivation flying


We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America.
Type Words
Type of travel
Has types red-eye
Verb group aviate, pilot
Derivation flying, flyer, flier


she is flying to Cincinnati tonight.
Are we driving or flying?.
Type Words
Type of travel, journey
Verb group wing, aviate, pilot
Derivation flying


Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic.
Type Words
Type of dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteron, dipteran
Has types musca domestica, housefly, house fly, tachina fly, horn fly, haematobia irritans, glossina, gadfly, flesh fly, tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, bee fly, blowfly, blow fly, tzetze fly, sarcophaga carnaria

Examples of fly

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He said they could offering beginning fly tying, intermediate fly tying or both.
From the thenewstribune.com
Fly fishermen have picked up a few good fish, but the bite has been hit-or-miss.
From the sacbee.com
Arencibia homered, Lind hit an RBI single and John McDonald had a sacrifice fly.
From the thenewstribune.com
The fresh snow culls extra courage from athletes who fly down the ragged steeps.
From the denverpost.com
Eventually the pilot refused to fly with him, and he was removed from the plane.
From the techcrunch.com
With one out, Matthew Drake hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Guidry.
From the tennessean.com
Errors of omission don't fly in Columbus, Ann Arbor, Evanston, Bloomington, etc.
From the omaha.com
He also singled and had a sacrifice fly off Cueto that made it 5-2 in the sixth.
From the kansas.com
During the recession, airlines reduced the number of routes and planes they fly.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
  • Travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"
  • Two-winged insects characterized by active flight
  • Move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
  • Tent-fly: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
  • An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
  • Fly! is a flight simulator for PC and Apple Macintosh computers developed by Terminal Reality and published by Gathering of Developers. ...
  • True flies are insects of the order Diptera (di = two, and ptera = wings). They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax.
  • A Fly Route, also called a Streak route or Go route, is a pattern run by a receiver in American Football, where the receiver runs straight upfield towards the endzone. ...