Noun: flying flI-ing
- The action or process of travelling by air
"flying was still an exciting adventure for him";
- flight
- Moving swiftly
"fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers";
- fast-flying
- Hurried and brief
"paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book";
- quick, fast
- Travel through the air; be airborne
"Man cannot fly";
- wing
- Move quickly or suddenly
"He flew about the place"
- (air travel) travel in an aeroplane
"she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"
- Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
"Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
- Operate an aeroplane
"He flew the jet over Cuba";
- aviate, pilot
- Transport by aeroplane
"We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
- Display in the air or cause to float
"fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N"
- Be dispersed or disseminated
"Rumors and accusations are flying"
- Run away quickly
"The burglar flew when he heard the alarm";
- flee, take flight, cut and run [informal]
- Change quickly from one emotional state to another
"fly into a rage"
- Pass away rapidly
"Time flies like an arrow";
- fell, vanish
- (baseball) hit a fly
"The batter flew out to centre field"
- Decrease rapidly and disappear
"Prices flew down during the sale";
- vanish, vaporize, vaporise [Brit]
Type of: air, air travel, aviation, break away, bunk [informal], carry, cause, change, come down, control, decrease, dent, diminish, elapse, escape, fall, fly the coop [informal], get, glide by, go, go along, go by, go down, have, head for the hills [informal], hightail it [N. Amer, informal], hit, induce, journey, lam [N. Amer, informal], lapse, leg it [Brit, informal], lessen, locomote, make, move, operate, pass, run, run away, scarper [Brit, informal], scat [informal], show, sink, slide by, slip away, slip by, stimulate, take to the woods [informal], transport, travel, turn tail [informal]
Encyclopedia: Flying, The Early Years
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