fly

fly is a 3-letter English word with 50 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 50 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.
2. intransitive verb. To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.
3. intransitive verb. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.
4. intransitive verb. To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies.
5. intransitive verb. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee.
6. intransitive verb. 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.
7. transitive verb. To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.
8. transitive verb. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
9. transitive verb. To hunt with a hawk.
10. intransitive verb. Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
11. intransitive verb. Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
12. intransitive verb. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
13. intransitive verb. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant.
14. intransitive verb. A parasite.
15. intransitive verb. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse.
16. intransitive verb. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
17. intransitive verb. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
18. intransitive verb. That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
19. intransitive verb. Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
20. intransitive verb. 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. See Fly wheel (below).
21. intransitive verb. The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
22. intransitive verb. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
23. intransitive verb. A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
24. intransitive verb. Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press.
25. intransitive verb. A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work.
26. intransitive verb. 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.
27. intransitive verb. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
28. intransitive verb. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
29. intransitive verb. A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
30. adjective. Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
31. noun. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
32. noun. two-winged insects characterized by active flight
33. noun. an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
34. noun. fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
35. noun. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

    Synonyms: rainfly

36. verb. decrease rapidly and disappear

    "the money vanished in las Vegas"

    "all my stock assets have vaporized"

    Synonyms: vanish, vaporize

37. verb. change quickly from one emotional state to another

    "fly into a rage"

38. verb. hit a fly
39. verb. transport by aeroplane

    "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"

40. verb. be dispersed or disseminated

    "Rumors and accusations are flying"

41. verb. travel in an airplane

    "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"

    "Are we driving or flying?"

42. verb. move quickly or suddenly

    "He flew about the place"

43. verb. travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

    "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"

44. verb. cause to fly or float

    "fly a kite"

45. verb. travel through the air; be airborne

    "Man cannot fly"

    Synonyms: wing

46. verb. operate an airplane

    "The pilot flew to Cuba"

    Synonyms: aviate, pilot

47. verb. pass away rapidly

    "Time flies like an arrow"

    "Time fleeing beneath him"

    Synonyms: fell, vanish

48. verb. run away quickly

    "He threw down his gun and fled"

    Synonyms: flee

49. verb. display in the air or cause to float

    "fly a kite"

    "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."

50. adjective. (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

Synonyms

rainfly, vanish, vaporize, wing, aviate, pilot, fell, flee

Common word forms

flied, flier, flies, flyer, fliest, flying, flyable, flyless, flyness

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