fly
1. two-winged insects characterized by active flight (Freq. 6) • Hypernyms: dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron • Hyponyms: housefly, house fly, Musca domestica, tsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze, glossina, blowfly, blow fly, flesh fly, Sarcophaga carnaria, tachina fly, gadfly, bee fly, horn fly, Haematobia irritans • Member Holonyms: Diptera, order Diptera • Part Meronyms: alula, calypter 2. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent (Freq. 1) • Syn: tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, tent flap • Hypernyms: flap • Part Holonyms: fly tent 3. an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth (Freq. 1) • Syn: fly front • Hypernyms: opening • Part Holonyms: garment 4. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air (Freq. 1) • Syn: fly ball • Topics: baseball, baseball game • Hypernyms: hit, hitting, striking • Hyponyms: blast, pop fly, pop-fly, pop-up, liner, line drive, flare, Texas leaguer 5. fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect • Hypernyms: fisherman's lure, fish lure • Hyponyms: dry fly, streamer fly, wet fly
1. travel through the air; be airborne (Freq. 33) - Man cannot fly • Syn: wing • Derivationally related forms: wing (for: wing), flyer, flier, flying • Hypernyms: travel, go, move, locomote • Hyponyms: buzz, rack, flight, fly on, soar, hover • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Something is ----ing PP - Somebody ----s PP - Some big birds fly in the tree - There fly some big birds in the tree 2. move quickly or suddenly (Freq. 9) - He flew about the place • Hypernyms: move • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Something is ----ing PP - Somebody ----s PP 3. operate an airplane (Freq. 5) - The pilot flew to Cuba • Syn: aviate, pilot • Derivationally related forms: pilot (for: pilot), pilotage (for: pilot), piloting (for: pilot), aviation (for: aviate), aviator (for: aviate), flyer, flier, flying • Topics: air travel, aviation, air, aircraft • Hypernyms: operate, control • Hyponyms: fly blind, fly contact, solo, test fly, jet, glide, hydroplane, seaplane, balloon, hedgehop, flat-hat, hang glide, soar • Entailment: wing • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 4. transport by aeroplane (Freq. 3) - We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America • Derivationally related forms: flying • Hypernyms: transport, carry • Hyponyms: airlift, lift • Verb Group: aviate, pilot • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something 5. cause to fly or float (Freq. 2) - fly a kite • Hyponyms: kite • Cause: float, drift, be adrift, blow • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 6. be dispersed or disseminated (Freq. 2) - Rumors and accusations are flying • Hypernyms: travel, go, move, locomote • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Something is ----ing PP 7. change quickly from one emotional state to another (Freq. 2) - fly into a rage • Hypernyms: change • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s PP 8. pass away rapidly (Freq. 1) - Time flies like an arrow - Time fleeing beneath him • Syn: fell, vanish • Hypernyms: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along • Verb Group: vanish, vaporize • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 9. travel in an airplane (Freq. 1) - she is flying to Cincinnati tonight - Are we driving or flying? • Derivationally related forms: flyer, flier, flying • Topics: air travel, aviation, air • Hypernyms: travel • Hyponyms: red-eye • Verb Group: aviate, pilot • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP 10. display in the air or cause to float - fly a kite - All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N. • Hypernyms: show • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 11. run away quickly - He threw down his gun and fled • Syn: flee, take flight • Derivationally related forms: flight (for: flee), fleer (for: flee) • Hypernyms: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away • Hyponyms: break, stampede, abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off, elope, escape, get away, break loose, high-tail, defect, desert • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP 12. travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft - Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic • Derivationally related forms: flying • Hypernyms: travel, journey • Verb Group: wing, aviate, pilot • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - These men fly the river 13. hit a fly • Topics: baseball, baseball game • Hypernyms: hit • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 14. decrease rapidly and disappear - the money vanished in las Vegas - all my stock assets have vaporized • Syn: vanish, vaporize • Hypernyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall • Verb Group: fell, vanish • Verb Frames: - Something ----s
(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked • Similar to: alert, watchful • Usage Domain: colloquialism • Regions: United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
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