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fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

pass away rapidly

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

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

decrease rapidly and disappear

Type	Words
Synonyms	vanish, vaporize
Type of	diminish, fall, decrease, lessen
Verb group	vanish, fell

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

travel through the air; be airborne

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.

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

run away quickly

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

fly::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

Type	Words
Synonyms	fly sheet, rainfly, tent-fly, tent flap
Type of	flap

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

operate an airplane

Type	Words
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

fly::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

Type	Words
Synonyms	fly front
Type of	opening

fly::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

Type	Words
Synonyms	fly ball
Type of	hit, hitting, striking
Has types	blast, pop-up, pop fly, pop-fly, texas leaguer, flare, liner, line drive

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

be dispersed or disseminated

Type	Words
Type of	go, locomote, move, travel

Rumors and accusations are flying.

fly::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

Type	Words

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

cause to fly or float

Type	Words
Has types	kite

fly a kite.

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

change quickly from one emotional state to another

Type	Words
Type of	change

fly into a rage.

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

display in the air or cause to float

Type	Words
Type of	show

fly a kite.

All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N..

fly::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

Type	Words
Type of	fish lure, fisherman's lure
Has types	streamer fly, wet fly, dry fly

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

hit a fly

Type	Words
Type of	hit

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

move quickly or suddenly

Type	Words
Type of	move

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

transport by aeroplane

Type	Words
Type of	transport, carry
Has types	airlift, lift
Verb group	pilot, aviate
Derivation	flying

We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America.

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

travel in an airplane

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?.

fly::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

Type	Words
Type of	travel, journey
Verb group	wing, aviate, pilot
Derivation	flying

Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic.

fly::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

two-winged insects characterized by active flight

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