fly plural
fly
The plural form of fly is flies
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- 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