All fly synonyms

verb fly

• shoot — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
• take off — the act of taking.
• float — to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
• glide — to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
• drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
• travel — to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
• sail — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
• reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
• cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
• flutter — to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
• swoop — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
• climb — If you climb something such as a tree, mountain, or ladder, or climb up it, you move towards the top of it. If you climb down it, you move towards the bottom of it.
• circle — A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
• operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
• speed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
• rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
• pilot — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
• race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
• pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• flee — to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• run — execution
• withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
• disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
• skim — to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
• skirt — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
• barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
• jet — a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
• hop — to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
• circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
• soar — to fly upward, as a bird.
• maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• hover — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
• dive — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
• dart — If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
• hurry — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
• whisk — to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm.
• flit — to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
• mount — to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
• zoom — to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.
• scud — to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
• whiz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
• buzz — If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
• fleet — an arm of the sea; inlet.
• wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
• zip — zip code.
• whoosh — a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water: a great whoosh as the door opened.
• aviate — to pilot or fly in an aircraft