flying

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    n.

  • an instance of traveling by air; flight

    flying was still an exciting adventure for him

    adj.

  • capable of or engaged in flight

    the bat is a flying animal

  • moving swiftly; fast-flying

    fast-flying planes

    played the difficult passage with flying fingers

  • streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; aflare, flaring, waving

    ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her

    flying banners

    flags waving in the breeze

  • designed for swift movement or action

    a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city

  • of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation)

    a flying time of three hours between cities

    unidentified flying objects

  • hurried and brief; quick, fast

    paid a flying visit

    took a flying glance at the book

    a quick inspection

    a fast visit

  • done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line

    a flying start

    crossed the goal line with a flying leap

    n.

  • two-winged insects characterized by active flight
  • flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent; tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, tent flap
  • an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth; fly front
  • (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air; fly ball
  • fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

    v.

  • travel through the air; be airborne; wing

    Man cannot fly

  • move quickly or suddenly

    He flew about the place

  • fly a plane; aviate, pilot
  • transport by aeroplane

    We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America

  • cause to fly or float

    fly a kite

  • be dispersed or disseminated

    Rumors and accusations are flying

  • change quickly from one emotional state to another

    fly into a rage

  • pass away rapidly; fell, vanish

    Time flies like an arrow

    Time fleeing beneath him

  • travel in an airplane

    she is flying to Cincinnati tonight

    Are we driving or flying?

  • display in the air or cause to float

    fly a kite

    All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.

  • run away quickly; flee, take flight

    He threw down his gun and fled

  • travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

    Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic

  • hit a fly
  • decrease rapidly and disappear; vanish, vaporize

    the money vanished in las Vegas

    all my stock assets have vaporized

    adj.

  • (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

flies|flown|flying|flew
syn.: coast flee glide insect run away sail wing
ant.: crash fall