What is the meaning of Fly?

Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.

Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).

Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.

A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.

A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)

The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).

A witch's familiar.

A parasite.

A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.

A butterfly (combination of four options).

To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.

To flee, to escape (from).

To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.

To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.

To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.

To proceed with great success.

To be accepted, come about or work out.

To display (a flag) on a flagpole.

To hunt with a hawk.

To be in the winged adult stage.

The action of flying; flight.

An act of flying.

A fly ball.

Short for fly route.

A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.

The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent.

A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.

  1. The free edge of a flag.
  2. The horizontal length of a flag.

The free edge of a flag.

The horizontal length of a flag.

An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.

The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.

Short for flywheel.

A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).

In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

  1. The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
  2. A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.

The person who took the printed sheets from the press.

A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.

One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.

Waste cotton.

To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.

Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.

Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

A wing.

Alternative form of vly (swamp (in New York)).

airplane, aeroplane

to flee

to shun

to hand, give

plane, aeroplane (UK), airplane (US), aircraft

to fly

plane, aeroplane (UK), airplane (US), aircraft

to fly (to travel through air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface)

to cause to fly: to transport via air or the like

to run, move fast

to be in heat, rutting

very steep

a very steep cliff

to escape; flee; run away

to escape from

Used as an intensifier for the word forbanna

small (flying) insect

bait

specks

mountain plateau

sump

tepid

sneaky

to flee, to run away, to escape

to pass, to go by (of time)

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