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fly
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Adjective
  • (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
Verb
  • decrease rapidly and disappear
    • the money vanished in las Vegas
    • all my stock assets have vaporized
  • hit a fly
  • travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
    • Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic
  • run away quickly
    • He threw down his gun and fled
  • display in the air or cause to float
    • fly a kite
    • All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.
  • travel in an airplane
    • she is flying to Cincinnati tonight
    • Are we driving or flying?
  • pass away rapidly
    • Time flies like an arrow
    • Time fleeing beneath him
  • change quickly from one emotional state to another
    • fly into a rage
  • be dispersed or disseminated
    • Rumors and accusations are flying
  • cause to fly or float
    • fly a kite
  • transport by aeroplane
    • We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America
  • operate an airplane
    • The pilot flew to Cuba
  • move quickly or suddenly
    • He flew about the place
  • travel through the air; be airborne
    • Man cannot fly
Noun
  • fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
  • (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
  • an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
  • flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
  • two-winged insects characterized by active flight
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