ALL meanings of fly
fly
F f - noun fly (of a bird or other winged creature) move through the air under control. 1
- verb without object fly to move through the air using wings. 1
- verb without object fly to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency: bits of paper flying about. 1
- verb without object fly to float or flutter in the air: flags flying in the breeze. 1
- verb without object fly to travel in an aircraft or spacecraft. 1
- verb without object fly to move suddenly and quickly; start unexpectedly: He flew from the room. 1
- verb without object fly to change rapidly and unexpectedly from one state or position to another: The door flew open. 1
- verb without object fly to flee; escape. 1
- verb without object fly to travel in space: The probe will fly past the planet. 1
- verb without object fly to move or pass swiftly: How time flies! 1
- verb without object fly to move with an aggressive surge: A mother fox will fly at anyone approaching her kits. 1
- verb without object fly Baseball. to bat a fly ball: He flied into right field. to fly out. 1
- verb without object fly Informal. to be acceptable, believable, or feasible: It seemed like a good idea, but it just wouldn't fly. 1
- verb with object fly to make (something) float or move through the air: to fly a kite. 1
- verb with object fly to operate (an aircraft, spacecraft, or the like). 1
- verb with object fly to hoist aloft, as for display, signaling, etc.: to fly a flag. 1
- verb with object fly to operate an aircraft or spacecraft over: to fly the Pacific. 1
- verb with object fly to transport or convey by air: We fly merchandise to Boston. 1
- verb with object fly to escape from; flee: to fly someone's wrath. 1
- verb with object fly Theater. to hang (scenery) above a stage by means of rigging supported by the gridiron. to raise (scenery) from the stage or acting area into the flies. 1
- noun plural fly a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners. 1
- noun plural fly a flap forming the door of a tent. 1
- noun plural fly Also called tent fly. a piece of canvas extending over the ridgepole of a tent and forming an outer roof. 1
- noun plural fly an act of flying; a flight. 1
- noun plural fly the course of a flying object, as a ball. 1
- noun plural fly Baseball. fly ball. 1
- noun plural fly British. a light, covered, public carriage drawn by one horse; hansom; hackney coach. 1
- noun plural fly Machinery. a horizontal arm, weighted at each end, that pivots about the screw of a press so that when the screw is lowered the momentum of the fly will increase the force of the press. 1
- noun plural fly Also called fan. Horology. a regulating device for chime and striking mechanisms, consisting of an arrangement of vanes on a revolving axis. 1
- noun plural fly Printing. (in some presses) the apparatus for removing the printed sheets to the delivery table. Also called flyboy. (formerly) a printer's devil employed to remove printed sheets from a press. 1
- noun plural fly the horizontal dimension of a flag as flown from a vertical staff. the end of the flag farther from the staff. Compare hoist (def 7). 1
- noun plural fly flies, Also called fly loft. Theater. the space above the stage used chiefly for storing scenery and equipment. 1
- noun plural fly Nautical. a propellerlike device streamed to rotate and transfer information on speed to a mechanical log. 1
- noun plural fly Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly. 1
- noun plural fly any of various winged insects, as the mayfly or firefly. 1
- noun plural fly Angling. a fishhook dressed with hair, feathers, silk, tinsel, etc., so as to resemble an insect or small fish, for use as a lure or bait. 1
- noun plural fly (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Musca. 1
- idioms fly fly in the ointment, a detrimental factor; detraction: If there's one fly in the ointment, it's that there may not be the money to finish the job. 1
- adjective fly clever; keen; ingenious. 1
- adjective fly agile; nimble. 1
- intransitive verb fly move through the air 1
- intransitive verb fly travel by plane 1
- intransitive verb fly pilot a plane 1
- noun fly clothing: fastening on crotch 1
- transitive verb fly pilot 1
- transitive verb fly transport by plane 1
- noun fly bait in fishing 1
- noun fly flap on tent 1
- abbreviation FLY flight 1
- intransitive verb fly move quickly 1