Search Result:fly
KK Pronunciation
〔 flaI 〕
Pronunciation
〔 flai 〕
Overview of noun fly
The noun fly has 5 senses
- fly -- (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)
- tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap -- (flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent)
- fly, fly front -- (an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth)
- fly, fly ball -- ((baseball) a hit that flies up in the air)
- fly -- (fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect)
Overview of verb fly
The verb fly has 14 senses
- fly, wing -- (travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly")
- fly -- (move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place")
- fly, aviate, pilot -- (operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba")
- fly -- (transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America")
- fly -- (cause to fly or float; "fly a kite")
- fly -- (be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying")
- fly -- (change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage")
- fly, fell, vanish -- (pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him")
- fly -- (travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?")
- fly -- (display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.")
- flee, fly, take flight -- (run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled")
- fly -- (travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic")
- fly -- (hit a fly)
- vanish, fly, vaporize -- (decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized")
Overview of adj fly
The adj fly has 1 sense
- fly -- ((British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked)