Fly

Noun



 * 1)  Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings, also called true flies.
 * 2)  Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
 * 3) Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
 * 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)

Verb

 * 1)  To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
 * Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.
 * The Concorde flew from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane.
 * It takes about eleven hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hongkong.
 * The little fairy flew home on the back of her friend, the giant eagle.
 * 1)  To flee, to escape.
 * Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!
 * 1)  To cause to fly travel by air or the like: to transport via air or the like.
 * Charles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean.
 * Why don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect.
 * Birds fly their prey to their nest to feed it to their young.
 * Each day the post flies thousands of letters around the globe.
 * 1)   To be accepted, come about or work out.
 * Let's see if that idea flies.
 * You know, I just don't think that's going to fly. Why don't you spend your time on something better?

Noun

 * 1)  The action of flying; flight.
 * 2) An act of flying.
 * We had a quick half-hour fly back into the city.
 * 1)  A fly ball.
 * 2)  A type of small, fast carriage.
 * 3) * 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Folio Society 2008, p. 124:
 * As we left the house in my fly, which had been waiting, Van Helsing said:— ‘Tonight I can sleep in peace [...].’
 * 1) A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
 * 2) A strip of material hiding the zipper, buttons etc. at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, or underpants.
 * 3) The free edge of a flag.
 * 4) The horizontal length of a flag.

Verb

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

Adjective

 * 1)  Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp, smart (in a mental sense).
 * be assured, O man of sin—pilferer of small wares and petty larcener—that there is an eye within keenly glancing from some loophole contrived between accordions and tin breastplates that watches your every movement, and is " fly,"— to use a term peculiarly comprehensible to dishonest minds—to the slightest gesture of illegal conveyancing. (Charles Dickens, "Arcadia"; Household Words Vol.7 p.381)
 * 1)  Well dressed, smart in appearance.
 * He's pretty fly for a white guy.
 * 1)  Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

Adjectives for Fly
aggressive; officious; untrapped; pestering; stuttering; intolerable.

Verbs for Fly
abandon to—ies; bar—ies; guard from—ies; harbor—ies; protect from—ies; screen off—ies; torture with—ies; —ies breed; — buzzes; — crawl; —drones; —glitters; — infest; —lays eggs; —lights on; — plagues; —settles; —torments; —ies swarm.

Adverbs for Fly
professionally; gracefully; undauntedly; breathtakingly; basely; fantastically; cheerily; intrepidly; instinctively; precipitately; characteristically; swiftly; unerringly.

Synonyms for Fly

 * soar, hover, wing, skim, glide, ascend, rise, float, aviate
 * escape, flee, abscond

Antonyms for Fly

 * walk
 * remain, stay

Derived terms

 * fly a kite
 * fly-by-night
 * fly into a rage
 * fly like a bird
 * fly like a rock


 * fly like the wind
 * fly off the handle
 * fly out the window
 * on the fly
 * overfly

Derived terms

 * blackfly
 * blowfly
 * botfly
 * caddis fly
 * cranefly
 * damselfly
 * dragonfly
 * firefly
 * fly agaric
 * fly on the wall
 * flyswatter
 * flyweight


 * fruit fly
 * gadfly
 * greenfly
 * horsefly
 * house fly
 * hoverfly
 * march fly
 * mayfly
 * sandfly, sand fly
 * sawfly
 * warble fly
 * whitefly
 * wouldn't hurt a fly

Thesaurus
abscond, absquatulate, advance, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, applique, arachnid, arise, arthropod, ascend, aspire, bait, ball the jack, balloon, barnstorm, barrel, be airborne, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be gone, be no more, be wiped out, bear, beat a retreat, become airborne, beetle, birdlime, bola, bolt, boom, bowl along, brandish, break, breeze, breeze along, brush, bug, bunk, carry, caterpillar, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, centipede, chilopod, claw skyward, clear out, clip, coast, cobweb, conduct, continue, control, convey, copilot, cruise, cut along, cut and run, cut out, daddy longlegs, dance, dart, dash, decamp, dematerialize, depart, desert, die, die away, die out, diplopod, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out, dragnet, drift, drive, dwindle, elapse, elope, endure, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, ferry, fishhook, flap, flaunt, flee, fleet, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flourish, flow, flow on, flutter, fly aloft, fly low, foot, freight, fugitate, gain altitude, gill net, glide, glissade, go, go AWOL, go away, go by, go fast, go on, ground bait, hang, harvestman, hasten, hexapod, hide, highball, hightail, hook, hop, hover, hurry, hydroplane, ice-skate, imbrication, insect, jet, jig, jump, jump bail, kite, lap, lapse, lariat, larva, lasso, last, leave no trace, leave the ground, leave the scene, levant, lift, lime, lug, lure, maggot, make knots, make off, make tracks, manhandle, manipulate, melt, melt away, melt like snow, meshes, millepede, millipede, mite, mount, navigate, net, nip, noose, nymph, outstrip the wind, overlap, overlapping, overlay, overlayer, pack, pass, pass away, pass by, pass out, peel off, perish, peter out, pilot, plane, plug, poise, pound net, pour it on, press on, proceed, purse seine, retire from sight, retreat, rip, rise, roll on, roller-skate, run, run along, run away, run away from, run away with, run for it, run its course, run off, run on, run out, rush, sail, sailplane, scamper, scape, scoot, scorch, scorpion, screw, scud, seaplane, seine, shake, shoot, show the heels, sideslip, sink, sink away, sizzle, skate, skateboard, skedaddle, ski, skid, skim, skip, skip out, sled, sleigh, slide, slip, slip the cable, slither, snare, sniggle, soar, solo, speed, spider, spinner, spire, springe, squid, storm along, suffer an eclipse, sweep, swing, take, take French leave, take flight, take off, take the air, take to flight, take wing, tarantula, tear, tear along, thunder along, tick, toboggan, toils, tote, transport, trawl, turn tail, undulate, vanish, vanish from sight, volplane, waft, wag, waste, waste away, wave, wear away, whish, whisk, whiz, wield, wigwag, wing, withdraw, wobbler, zing, zip, zoom

Etymology 1
From flyge:, fleoge:. Cognate with Scots flee:, Dutch vlieg:, German Fliege:, Swedish fluga:.

Etymology 2
From flien:, from  fleogan:, from, from - (cf. Lithuanian plaukti: ‘to swim’), enlargement of - ‘flow’. More at flow.

Etymology 3
Origin uncertain; probably from the verb or noun.

Noun

 * Finnish: kaksisiipinen
 * Persian: دوبالان


 * Swahili:


 * Albanian: mizë
 * Amuzgo: kíchôⁿ
 * Arabic: ذبابة
 * Armenian:
 * Aymara: chichillanka
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: euli
 * Belarusian: муха
 * Bengali: মাছি
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: mosca
 * Chamicuro:
 * Cherokee: ᏛᎦ
 * Chichewa: ntchenche
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: карво (karvo)
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kärbes, kärbest
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: μύγα
 * Ancient:
 * Guaraní: mberu
 * Hebrew: זבוב
 * Hindi: मक्खी
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Igbo: ijiji
 * Ilocano: ngilaw
 * Indonesian: lalat, laler, langau
 * Interlingua: musca
 * Irish: cuileog
 * Isthmus Zapotec: bialazi
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: laler
 * Khmer: រុយ
 * Korean: 파리
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Latgalian:
 * Latvian:


 * Lithuanian: musė
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:, langau, langau
 * Maltese: dubbiena
 * Maori:
 * Mongolian: ялаа
 * Nahuatl: zayolin
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Glagolitic:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: chuspi
 * Rohingya: masí
 * Romani: mach
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: mustga, tschitta
 * Russian:
 * Santali:
 * Sardinian: musca
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuileag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мува, муха
 * Roman: muva, muha
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: langaw
 * Tamil: ஈ (ī)
 * Taos: phų̀yu’úna
 * Telugu: ఈగ (eega)
 * Thai: แมลงวัน
 * Tongan:
 * Tupinambá: mberu
 * Turkish:
 * Tz'utujil: us
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: مکھی
 * Vietnamese: con ruồi, ruồi
 * Welsh: cleren
 * West Frisian: mich
 * Wolof: weñ
 * !Xóõ: gʘkxʻóõ


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: fiskifluga
 * Macedonian: мушичка


 * Romanian: mumeală
 * Russian: блесна
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Albanian: fluturon
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: hegan egin
 * Bengali: ওড়া
 * Catalan: volar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 飛, 飞, 飛行, 飞行
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: πετώ (petó)
 * Hebrew:, עף
 * Hindi: उड़ना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: flugar
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: volar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 飛ぶ
 * Javanese: kabur, laler
 * Korean: 날다
 * Kurdish: firrîn,


 * Lao: (hö')
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:, skraidyti
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Nahuatl: patlāna
 * Norwegian:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: پرواز کردن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Rohingya: uro
 * Romani: ural
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: sgular
 * Russian: ; перелетать (birds)
 * Scottish Gaelic: itealaich, dèan iteag, falbh air iteig
 * Serbian: Cyrillic летети, Latin leteti
 * Slovak: lietať
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lumipad
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: اڑنا
 * Vietnamese: bay
 * West Frisian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 逃跑
 * German:
 * Greek: πετώ
 * Macedonian:, пребегува


 * Pashto:
 * Russian: спасаться; сбегать, убегать (run)
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch: besturen (aircraft)
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: piloter (airplane), faire voler (kite)
 * German: fahren (zeppelins)
 * Japanese: 飛ばす
 * Pashto:
 * Russian: (flying vehicle, especially airplane); транспортировать;, , ; переправлять (to transport by air),  (something light such as a kite; literally = to let go)


 * Spanish:, hacer volar, ir volando
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ఎగరవేయు (egaravaeyu)


 * Finnish: lähteä lentoon, tulla hyvksytyksi
 * Russian: проходить, принятой


 * Swahili:


 * : letjeti
 * : veve
 * : agtayab


 * : layang, melayang, menerbangkan
 * : volar
 * : pilotare, far volare
 * : bebé

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: πέταγμα
 * Macedonian: летање,


 * Russian: полёт
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: uçuş


 * Finnish:


 * Swahili:


 * Spanish: calesa


 * Swahili:


 * Russian: полог


 * Swahili:


 * Bosnian: šlic
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 褲子的拉鏈, 裤子的拉链 (kùzi de lāliàn), ,
 * Danish: gylp
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Hosenschlitz
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 社会の窓


 * Norwegian: glidelås
 * Polish: rozporek
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: fermoar
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: spaidhir
 * Skolt Sami: brålleǩ
 * Spanish: bragueta
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: gylf


 * Finnish:


 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: leveys, (pituus)


 * Swahili:

Verb

 * Finnish: lyödä kaaripallo


 * Swahili:

Adjective

 * Finnish: fiksu, terävä
 * German: ,


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , ,


 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Polish: odwalony
 * Russian: ,

Etymology 1
From fly:, an abbreviation of flyvemaskin:.

Noun

 * 1) airplane

Synonyms

 * flyvemaskine
 * flyver

Etymology 2
From flýja:.

Verb

 * 1) flee
 * 2) shun

Etymology 3
From late fligja:, flygja:, from  vlien:, vligen:.

Verb

 * 1) hand, give

Pronunciation

 * or

Noun

 * 1) airplane

Verb

 * 1) to fly

Etymology
From flýja:, from.

Verb

 * 1) to flee, to run away, to escape
 * Fångarna försökte fly från fängelset.
 * The prisoners tried to escape from jail.
 * Med tårarna strömmande ned för sina kinder flydde hon undan de andra tjejernas glåpord.
 * With tears streaming down her cheeks, she fled the taunting words of the other girls.
 * 1) to pass, to go by (of time)
 * 2) * 1964, Gunnel Vallquist, title of the new Swedish translation of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu
 * På spaning efter den tid som flytt
 * In Search of Lost Time
 * 1) * 1965, Sven-Ingvars, Börja om från början
 * Varför ska man sörja tider som har flytt?
 * Why should one feel sorry for times that have past?

Related terms

 * flykt
 * flykting