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- Dictionaryfly/flʌɪ/
verb
- 1. (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings: "close the door or the moths will fly in" Similar
- 2. move or be hurled quickly through the air: "balls kept flying over her hedge"
noun
- 1. an opening at the crotch of a pair of trousers, closed with a zip or buttons and typically covered with a flap.
- 2. the space over the stage in a theatre.
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FLY definition: 1. When a bird, insect, or aircraft flies, it moves through the air: 2. to travel by aircraft, or…. Learn more.
The meaning of FLY is to move in or pass through the air with wings. How to use fly in a sentence.
A fly is a small insect with two wings. There are many kinds of flies, and the most common are black in colour. 2. verb A2. When something such as a bird, insect, or aircraft flies, it moves through the air. The planes flew through the clouds. [VERB preposition/adverb] The bird flew away. [VERB preposition/adverb] [ Also VERB]
1. To engage in flight, especially: a. To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts. b. To travel by air: We flew to Dallas. c. To operate an aircraft or spacecraft. 2. a. To rise in or be carried through the air by the wind: a kite flying above the playground. b. To float or flap in the air: pennants flying from the masthead. 3.
to change rapidly and unexpectedly from one state or position to another: The door flew open. to flee; escape. to travel in space: The probe will fly past the planet. to move or pass swiftly: How time flies! to move with an aggressive surge: A mother fox will fly at anyone approaching her kits. Baseball. to bat a fly ball:
Fly describes moving through the air, like birds that fly in the sky, or getting something accepted, like your silly excuse that's not going to fly with your history teacher.
[intransitive] (of an aircraft or a spacecraft) to move through air or space. fly (from A) (to B) They were on a plane flying from London to New York. fly (to B) (from A) Lufthansa fly to La Paz from Frankfurt. + adv./prep. Enemy planes fly overhead. to fly at the speed of sound. The aircraft was declared fully functional and fit to fly.