to fly

Definition of to fly in English English dictionary: volar; wing; Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings, also called true flies; A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect; To cause to move through the air, to transport by air
Each day the post flies thousands of letters around the globe.; Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly; To be accepted, come about or work out
You know, I just don't think that's going to fly. Why don't you spend your time on something better?.; Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp, smart (in a mental sense)
be assured, O man of sin—pilferer of small wares and petty larcener—that there is an eye within keenly glancing from some loophole contrived between accordions and tin breastplates that watches your every movement, and is fly,— to use a term peculiarly comprehensible to dishonest minds—to the slightest gesture of illegal conveyancing. (Charles Dickens, Arcadia; Household Words ).; To travel through the air
The little fairy flew home on the back of her friend, the giant eagle.; A type of small, fast carriage
As we left the house in my fly, which had been waiting, Van Helsing said:— ‘Tonight I can sleep in peace .’.; An act of flying
We had a quick half-hour fly back into the city.; Beautiful; displaying physical beauty; The horizontal length of a flag; A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye); The action of flying; flight; {v} to move with wings run away, shun, burst; {n} a kind of insect, the upper part of a jack; Butterfly; (adj) Attractive, beautiful "Put on the Bally shoes and the fly green socks " --Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh, "Ladidadi"; Of a proposal: to be accepted; A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk; A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent; Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges); to conceal a row of buttons; A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press; be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"; To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid; To fly someone or something somewhere means to take or send them there in an aircraft. The relief supplies are being flown from a warehouse in Pisa; flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent; To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart; to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse; A fly ball; travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"; {s} quick, clever, cunning (Slang); The free edge of a flag; The act of lifting scenery, lights, and curtains; The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place; fly a plane; A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air, also called a fly ball; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly; The almost weightless, artificial lure tied to the end of the line in fly fishing Flies are designed to imitate what a fish eats; To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc; decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"; Waste cotton; See Note under Flee; crafty; display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U N "; A strip of material hiding the zipper, buttons etc. at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, or underpants; A parasite; The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn; " (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked; hit a fly; pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"; fly a plane pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"; The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch; If something such as your hair is flying about, it is moving about freely and loosely in the air. His long, uncovered hair flew back in the wind She was running down the stairs, her hair flying; To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball which is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb); move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"; A fly is a small insect with two wings. There are many kinds of flies, and the most common are black in colour; An artificial fishing lure that features an arrangement of materials tied onto a hook to imitate an aquatic or terrestrial insect, bait fish, leech or other food source; one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly; To flee, to escape; The edge of a flag farthest from the staff; (30) - Flip a coin If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon; if tails, this attack does nothing (not even damage) Pokémon with this attack: Aerodactyl L27, Butterfree L37, Togetic L31, Flying Pikachu; The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc; The front opening on a pair of trousers is referred to as the fly, or in British English the flies. It usually consists of a zip or row of buttons behind a band of cloth. see also flying, tsetse fly; To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies; Quick-witted, mentally sharp, smart (in a mental sense); To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies; See Diptera, and Illust; display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U

to fly

Turkish pronunciation

tı flay

Pronunciation

/tə ˈflī/ /tə ˈflaɪ/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.