fly

fly
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noun
1 insect
VERB + FLY
shoo (AmE), shoo away (esp. AmE), swat

I swatted the fly with a newspaper.

attract
catch
FLY + VERB
buzz

A fly was buzzing against the window.

crawl
land (on sth)

A fly landed on the butter.

FLY + NOUN
larva
spray
2 (BrE also flies) on trousers/pants
ADJECTIVE
button
VERB + FLY/FLIES
button, button up, do up, zip up
undo, unzip

Do you know your fly is undone?

Your flies are undone! (BrE)

FLY + NOUN
button
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verb
ADVERB
high, low
fast, slowly
about (esp. BrE), around, back, down, out, past
away, off
PREPOSITION
above

We watched the birds flying high above us.

over

a plane flying low over the sea

Flutter is used with these nouns as the object: ↑eyelash, ↑wing
Fly is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑accusation, ↑aircraft, ↑airline, ↑arrow, ↑ball, ↑banner, ↑bat, ↑bee, ↑bird, ↑bullet, ↑butterfly, ↑cloak, ↑crow, ↑debris, ↑duck, ↑dust, ↑eagle, ↑fist, ↑flag, ↑goose, ↑hand, ↑helicopter, ↑insect, ↑insult, ↑jet, ↑missile, ↑mosquito, ↑owl, ↑passenger, ↑pigeon, ↑pilot, ↑plane, ↑sand, ↑seagull, ↑shell, ↑shrapnel, ↑spark, ↑spray, ↑swan, ↑time, ↑wasp
Fly is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aircraft, ↑airline, ↑banner, ↑distance, ↑flag, ↑helicopter, ↑jet, ↑kite, ↑mile, ↑missile, ↑mission, ↑nest, ↑passenger, ↑patrol, ↑plane, ↑route, ↑shuttle

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  • Fly — Fly, n.; pl. {Flies} (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS. fl[=y]ge, fle[ o]ge, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root] 84. See {Fly}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any winged insect; esp.,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Fly — (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp. {Flew} (fl[=u]); p. p. {Flown} (fl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flying}.] [OE. fleen, fleen, fleyen, flegen, AS. fle[ o]gan; akin to D. vliegen, OHG. fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[=u]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve, Goth. us… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fly — Ⅰ. fly [1] ► VERB (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1) (of a winged creature or aircraft) move through the air under control. 2) control the flight of or convey in (an aircraft). 3) move or be hurled quickly through the air. 4) …   English terms dictionary

  • fly — fly1 [flī] vi. FLEW or, for vi. 10, flied, flown or, for vi. 10, flied, flying, flew [ME flien, flegen < OE fleogan, akin to MDu vlegen, Ger fliegen < IE * pleuk < base * pleu : see FLOW] 1. to move through the air; specif., a) …   English World dictionary

  • fly — [flaɪ] verb flew PASTTENSE [fluː] flown PASTPART [fləʊn ǁ floʊn] 1. [intransitive] TRAVEL to travel by plane: • From Belfast, British Airways Cargo flies to London Heathrow, Manchester and Glasgow …   Financial and business terms

  • FLY — (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Fly! — ist eine von Terminal Reality entwickelte und 1999 von Gathering of Developers veröffentlichte Flugsimulation für Microsoft Windows und Apple Macintosh PCs, der sich durch seine detaillierte Cockpit Instrumentierung und die ausführliche… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fly! — is a flight simulator for PC and Apple Macintosh computers developed by Terminal Reality and published by Gathering of Developers. It included simulation of air traffic control features as well as aircraft s on board systems, and was acclaimed… …   Wikipedia

  • Fly! II — is a virtual flight simulator developed by Terminal Reality and released on April 26, 2001, by Gathering. It is a sequel to Fly! and Fly! 2k.While it had a promising flight model and a unique approach to the cockpit panel system, the lack of… …   Wikipedia

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