dry fly

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [drahy flahy]
- /draɪ flaɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [drahy flahy]
- /draɪ flaɪ/

Definitions of dry fly words

noun dry fly an artificial fly designed for use on the surface of the water. 1
noun dry fly an artificial fly designed and prepared to be floated or skimmed on the surface of the water 0
noun dry fly (as modifier) 0
noun dry fly see fly2 (sense 2) 0
noun dry fly (fishing) A fly used in fly fishing, designed to float in or on the surface of the water. 0

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Origin of dry fly

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50

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Parts of speech for Dry fly

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Dry fly

dry fly popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

dry fly usage trend in Literature

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