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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