fly

Definitions of fly in various dictionaries:

noun - two-winged insects characterized by active flight

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

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

noun - (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

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

verb - travel through the air

verb - move quickly or suddenly

verb - operate an airplane

verb - transport by aeroplane

verb - cause to fly or float

verb - be dispersed or disseminated

verb - change quickly from one emotional state to another

verb - pass away rapidly

verb - travel in an airplane

verb - display in the air or cause to float

verb - run away quickly

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

verb - hit a fly

verb - decrease rapidly and disappear

adj - (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.

To travel by air: We flew to Dallas.

To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.

To rise in or be carried through the air by the wind: a kite flying above the playground.

To float or flap in the air: pennants flying from the masthead.

To move or be sent through the air with great speed: bullets flying in every direction; a plate that flew from my hands when I stumbled.

To move with great speed; rush or dart: The children flew down the hall.

To flee; escape.

To hasten; spring: flew to her students’ defense.

To pass by swiftly: a vacation flying by; youth that is soon flown.

To be dissipated; vanish: Their small inheritance was quickly flown.

To hit a fly ball.

To undergo an explosive reaction; burst: The dropped plate flew into pieces.

To gain acceptance or approval; go over: “However sophisticated the reasoning, this particular notion may not fly” (New York Times).

To cause to fly or float in the air: fly a kite; fly a flag.

To operate under (a particular flag): a tanker that flies the Liberian flag.

To pilot (an aircraft or a spacecraft).

To carry or transport in an aircraft or a spacecraft: fly emergency supplies to a stricken area.

To pass over or through in flight: flew the coastal route in record time.

To perform in a spacecraft or an aircraft: flew six missions into space.

To flee or run from: fly a place in panic.

To avoid; shun: fly temptation.

The act of flying; flight.

A fold of cloth that covers a fastening of a garment, especially one on the front of trousers.

The fastening or opening covered by such a fold.

A flap that covers an entrance or forms a rooflike extension for a tent or the canopy of a vehicle.

A flyleaf.

A fly ball.

The span of a flag from the staff to the outer edge.

The outer edge of a flag.

A flywheel.

A one-horse carriage, especially one for hire.

To shoot, hurl, or release: The troops let fly a volley of gunfire.

To lash out; assault: The mayor let fly with an angry attack on her critics.

On the run; in a hurry: took lunch on the fly.

While in the air; in flight: caught the ball on the fly.

Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially any of the family Muscidae, which includes the housefly.

Any of various other flying insects, such as the caddis fly.

A fishing lure simulating a fly, made by attaching materials such as feathers, tinsel, and colored thread to a fishhook.

Mentally alert; sharp.

adv - mentally keen [ adj -ERER, -EREST] : CLEVERLY

verb - to move through the air

verb - to hit a ball high into the air in baseball

FLY - True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek - di- "two", and pteron "wings". Insects of this order use only a...