fly
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(noun) the act of hitting a baseball so that it flies high in the air |
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Synonyms: fly ball |
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Related Words: blast, hit, hitting, pop fly, striking |
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(satellite adjective) (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked |
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(verb) change quickly from one emotional state to another: "fly into a rage" |
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Related Words: change |
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(verb) hit a fly, in baseball |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Carribean to North America" |
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Related Words: airlift, carry, lift, transport |
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(verb) be dissipated; "Rumors and accusations are flying" |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?" |
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Related Words: travel |
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(verb) move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place" |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" |
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Related Words: journey, travel |
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(verb) cause to fly or float: "fly a kite" |
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(verb) travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" |
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Synonyms: wing |
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Related Words: buzz, flight, fly on, go, hover, locomote, move, rack, soar, travel |
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(verb) fly a plane |
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Synonyms: aviate, pilot |
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Related Words: balloon, control, flat-hat, fly blind, fly contact, glide, hang glide, hedgehop, hydroplane, jet, operate, seaplane, soar, solo, test fly |
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(verb) pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" |
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Synonyms: fell, vanish |
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Related Words: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by |
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(verb) display in the air or cause to float: "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N." |
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Related Words: show |
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(noun) two-winged insects characterized by active flight |
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Related Words: Haematobia irritans, Musca domestica, Sarcophaga carnaria, bee fly, blow fly, blowfly, dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, flesh fly, gadfly, glossina, horn fly, housefly, tachina fly, tsetse, tsetse fly, two-winged insects, tzetze, tzetze fly |
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(noun) a garment closure (zipper or buttons) concealed by a fold of cloth |
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Synonyms: fly front |
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Related Words: opening |
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(noun) (angling) fisherman's lure; a fishhook decorated to look like an insect |
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Related Words: bait, decoy, dry fly, lure, streamer fly, wet fly |
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(verb) decrease rapidly, as of money |
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Synonyms: vanish |
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Related Words: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen |
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(verb) to run away: "He threw down his gun and fled." |
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Synonyms: flee, take flight |
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Related Words: abscond, absquatulate, bolt, break, break loose, decamp, defect, desert, elope, escape, get away, go away, go forth, go off, leave, run off, stampede |
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(noun) a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
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Synonyms: fly sheet, tent flap, tent-fly |
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Related Words: flap |
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