fly

Etymology 1
From, , from , , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun



 * 1)   Any insect of the order ; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called.
 * 2)   Especially, any of the insects of the family, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
 * 3)  Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
 * 4)   A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
 * 5)   A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
 * 6)   The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
 * 7)  A witch's familiar.
 * 8)  A parasite.
 * 9)  A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
 * 10)  A butterfly (combination of four options).
 * 1)  A parasite.
 * 2)  A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
 * 3)  A butterfly (combination of four options).
 * 1)  A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
 * 2)  A butterfly (combination of four options).

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Sindhi:

Etymology 2
From, from , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from  (compare 🇨🇬 ‘to swim’), enlargement of. More at flee and flow.

Verb

 * 1)  To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
 * 2)  To flee, to escape (from).
 * 3)  To cause to fly travel or float in the air: to transport via air or the like.
 * 4)  To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
 * He flew down the hill on his bicycle.
 * It's five o'clock already. Doesn't time fly?
 * 1) * 1870, (translator), The Iliad (originally by )
 * The dark waves murmured as the ship flew on.
 * 1)  To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
 * 2)  To proceed with great success.
 * His career is really flying at the moment.
 * One moment the company was flying high, the next it was on its knees.
 * 1)  To be accepted, come about or work out.
 * 2)  To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
 * 3)  To hunt with a hawk.
 * 4)  To be in the winged adult stage.
 * This species flies from late summer until frost.
 * 1)  To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
 * He flew down the hill on his bicycle.
 * It's five o'clock already. Doesn't time fly?
 * 1) * 1870, (translator), The Iliad (originally by )
 * The dark waves murmured as the ship flew on.
 * 1)  To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
 * 2)  To proceed with great success.
 * His career is really flying at the moment.
 * One moment the company was flying high, the next it was on its knees.
 * 1)  To be accepted, come about or work out.
 * 2)  To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
 * 3)  To hunt with a hawk.
 * 4)  To be in the winged adult stage.
 * This species flies from late summer until frost.
 * 1)  To proceed with great success.
 * His career is really flying at the moment.
 * One moment the company was flying high, the next it was on its knees.
 * 1)  To be accepted, come about or work out.
 * 2)  To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
 * 3)  To hunt with a hawk.
 * 4)  To be in the winged adult stage.
 * This species flies from late summer until frost.
 * 1)  To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
 * 2)  To hunt with a hawk.
 * 3)  To be in the winged adult stage.
 * This species flies from late summer until frost.
 * 1)  To be in the winged adult stage.
 * This species flies from late summer until frost.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:flee
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:move quickly
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:rush
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:rush

Antonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:move slowly
 * see also Thesaurus:move slowly
 * see also Thesaurus:move slowly

Translations

 * Finnish:, ,
 * Irish: sciurd
 * Maori: tauwhaiwhai
 * Polish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * Maori: hūpana


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ottaa tuulta, tulla hyväksytyksi, lähteä lentoon
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Catalan:
 * Danish: vejre, blafre
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: whakatare
 * Marathi: फडकवणे
 * Romanian:


 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Guaraní:
 * Ilocano:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian: ,
 * Tupinambá:

Etymology 3
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  The action of flying; flight.
 * 2) An act of flying.
 * 3)  A fly ball.
 * 4) A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
 * 5)  The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent.
 * 6)   A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
 * 7) * February 2014 Y-Front Fly
 * Y-Front is a registered trademark for a special front fly turned upside down to form a Y owned by Jockey® International. The first Y-Front® brief was created by Jockey® more than 70 years ago.
 * 1) * June 2014 The Hole In Men’s Underwear: Name And Purpose
 * Briefs were given an opening in the front. The point of this opening (the ‘fly’) was to make it easier to pee with clothes on
 * 1) The free edge of a flag.
 * 2) The horizontal length of a flag.
 * 3)  An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
 * 4) The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
 * 5)  That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
 * 6) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
 * 7)  A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised ).
 * Related terms:
 * 1) In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
 * 2) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
 * 3)  A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
 * 4)  The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
 * 5)  A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
 * 6) One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
 * 7)   cotton.
 * Related terms:
 * 1) In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
 * 2) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
 * 3)  A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
 * 4)  The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
 * 5)  A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
 * 6) One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
 * 7)   cotton.
 * Related terms:
 * 1) In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
 * 2) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
 * 3)  A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
 * 4)  The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
 * 5)  A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
 * 6) One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
 * 7)   cotton.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Central Sierra Miwok: homó·košu-
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Lithuanian: skrydis
 * Macedonian: летање, лет
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki: şıyış, peret


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: liehureuna
 * Icelandic: flugur


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
 * Jones flied to right in his last at-bat.

Translations

 * Finnish: lyödä kaaripallo
 * Japanese:
 * Swahili:

Etymology 5

 * probably from the verb or noun.

Adjective

 * 1)  Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
 * 2)  Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
 * 3)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: му́дар
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, , ,


 * Bulgarian: го́тин
 * Finnish:
 * French:, bien habillé
 * German:
 * Polish: odwalony
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: обу̀чен
 * Roman:
 * Turkish:

Etymology 6
Related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A wing.

Etymology 1
An abbreviation of, after and.

Noun

 * 1) airplane, aeroplane

Etymology 2
From, from , cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to flee
 * 2)  to shun

Etymology 3
From, cognate with 🇨🇬, from , of unknown ultimate origin; possibly related to the root of , though the semantic gap is wide.

Verb

 * 1)  to hand, give

Etymology 1
Short form of

Noun

 * 1) plane, aeroplane (UK), airplane (US), aircraft

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1) to

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1)  plane, aeroplane (UK), airplane (US), aircraft

Etymology 2
From, from.

Verb

 * 1)   to  (to travel through air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface)
 * 2)  to cause to : to transport via air or the like
 * 3)  to run, move fast
 * 4)  to be in heat, rutting

Adjective

 * 1) very steep

Noun

 * 1) a very steep cliff

Etymology 3
From, from.

Verb

 * 1)   to escape; flee; run away
 * 2)   to escape from
 * 1)   to escape from

Etymology 4
, present participle of.

Etymology 5
Compare with and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) small (flying) insect
 * 2)  bait

Noun

 * 1) specks

Noun

 * 1) mountain plateau

Etymology 8
, though may be related to.

Noun

 * 1) sump

Etymology 9
Related to, or possibly a doublet of, from.

Adjective

 * 1)  tepid

Adjective

 * 1)  sneaky

Etymology
From, , from , from.

Verb

 * 1) to flee, to run away, to escape
 * 2) to pass, to go by (of time)
 * 1) to pass, to go by (of time)
 * 1) to pass, to go by (of time)