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Adjective: flying flIing- Moving swiftly
"fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers" - fast-flying - Hurried and brief
"paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book" - quick, fast Noun: flying flIing- An instance of travelling by air
"flying was still an exciting adventure for him" - flight Verb: fly (flew,flown) flI- Travel through the air; be airborne
"Man cannot fly" - wing - Move quickly or suddenly
"He flew about the place" - Operate an aeroplane
"The pilot flew to Cuba" - aviate, pilot - Transport by aeroplane
"We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" - Cause to fly or float
"fly a kite" - Be dispersed or disseminated
"Rumors and accusations are flying" - Change quickly from one emotional state to another
"fly into a rage" - Pass away rapidly
"Time flies like an arrow" - fell, vanish - Travel in an aeroplane
"she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?" - Display in the air or cause to float
"fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N." - Run away quickly
- flee, take flight, cut and run - Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
"Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" - Hit a fly
- Decrease rapidly and disappear
- vanish, vaporize, vaporise [Brit]
Derived forms: flyings See also: flyer, hurried, moving Type of: air, air travel, aviation, break away, bunk, carry, change, control, decrease, diminish, elapse, escape, fall, fly the coop, glide by, go, go along, go by, head for the hills, hightail it, hit, journey, lam [N. Amer], lapse, lessen, locomote, move, operate, pass, run, run away, scarper, scat, show, slide by, slip away, slip by, take to the woods, transport, travel, turn tail Encyclopedia: Fly, Robin, Fly Fly Fly, Eagles Fly Fly, Daddy, Fly Flying Flying, The Early Years |