- fly - two-winged insects characterized by active flight
--1 is a kind of dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
--1 is a member of Diptera, order Diptera
--1 has parts: alula, calypter
--1 has particulars:housefly, 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 Derived form: verb fly1 - 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
--2 is a kind of flap
--2 is a part of fly tent - fly, fly front - an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth
--3 is a kind of opening
--3 is a part of garment - fly, fly ball - (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
--4 is a kind of hit, hitting, striking
--4 has particulars:blast; pop fly; liner, line drive; flare; Texas leaguer Derived form: verb fly13 - fly - fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
--5 is a kind of fisherman's lure, fish lure
--5 has particulars: dry fly; streamer fly; wet fly
- fly, wing - travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun fly1, noun flyer2, noun flier1, noun flying1
Some big birds fly in the tree
There fly some big birds in the tree
- fly - move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- fly, aviate, pilot - fly a plane
--3 is one way to operate, control
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun flyer3, noun flier2, noun flying1
Somebody ----s something
- fly - transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
--4 is one way to transport, carry
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun flying1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- fly - cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"
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Somebody ----s something
- fly - be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"
--6 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
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Something is ----ing PP
- fly - change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage"
--7 is one way to change
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Somebody ----s PP
- fly, fell, vanish - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
--8 is one way to elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
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- fly - travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"
--9 is one way to travel
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun flyer2, noun flier1, noun flying1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- fly - display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
--10 is one way to show
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Somebody ----s something
- flee, fly, take flight - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
--11 is one way to run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- fly - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
--12 is one way to travel, journey
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun flying1
These men fly the river
- fly - hit a fly
--13 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun fly4
Somebody ----s
- vanish, fly, vaporize - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
--14 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- fly, aviate, pilot - fly a plane