to fly
- verb
- /flaɪ/
- So yesterday we flew from Hanoi to Hoyen.
- birds fly
- fly through the air
- planes fly
It felt so good to soar, to fly, to be free.
- It felt so good to soar, to fly, to be free.
- Ships don't sail, planes don't fly, and battalions don't move.
- So keep going like she flew so I could soar.
- So we got three plane tickets and flew to.
- So a bat, as it flies around, is sending out clicks.
- Once they're however they fly, it's going to fall.
- And the chorus of this song was Fly, Daddy, Fly, Fly, Daddy Fly.
Examples
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It felt so good to soar, to fly, to be free.
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We flew to Maryland last night.
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And then he let go and I was flying the plane all by myself.
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I learn to fly as they do; I can fly, but only down low for now.
Academic text (2011) -
You brief it, you fly it, you come back.
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We went down and we would fly down to Memphis.
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Don't worry because you can fly with me.
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One afternoon, they hear a loud whirring noise. They see a plane flying low over their land.
Academic text (2011) -
But you're going to have to fly out tomorrow to San Francisco to do the filming.
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The bird spread its wings and began to fly gracefully through the sky.
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Someone does not understand an idea because it is too hard for them
- Specialized
To pilot an airplane by looking at places on the ground rather than instruments
Compounds
- Jargon
A caught fly ball that lets a player on base score while it puts the batter out
- Offensive
Not reliable and likely to disappear quickly, often for dishonest reasons
- South African
A large African fly that bites people and animals and causes sleeping sickness
A large fly with a shiny blue-green body that lays eggs on dead animals and in wounds
A small bright green beetle from southern Europe that makes a liquid causing blisters
- Specialized
The use of a special rod and line to throw a small fake fly into water to catch fish
A small insect like a moth whose young live in water and build protective cases from stones and plants
A small moth-like insect whose young live in water and build cases from pebbles and plants
A small insect with wings like a moth whose larvae live in water and build cases from sand and plants
A small moth-like insect whose young live in water and build cases from sand and plants
- Specialized
A very small wasp that lays eggs in other insects' eggs or young and helps control pests
A long thin fly with very long legs that looks like a large mosquito but does not bite
- Specialized
A fever people can catch from ticks, flies, or touching infected wild animals like rabbits
- Specialized
Large insect with a soft body and long jaws whose young live in water and are used as fishing bait
- Specialized
A North American bush with pale yellow flowers and berries eaten by birds
A winged insect like a dragonfly whose young dig small cone-shaped pits in sand to trap ants and other insects
A small shrub with pairs of yellowish-white flowers and bright red berries often grown in gardens
A poisonous mushroom with a bright red cap covered in white dots that grows in forests
A North American bush that loses its leaves in winter and has upright stems and pale yellow flowers
- Specialized
A small open deck above the ship's control room for steering and a better view
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew use ropes to move scenery above it
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew work with ropes and equipment
A small delicate insect with thin net-like wings whose young eat garden pests like aphids
A large tropical insect with bright colors and a long snout, once thought to give light
- Specialized
A slender insect with long legs that hangs from plants to catch other small insects
- Specialized
A wasp-like insect that lays eggs inside caterpillars so the young eat them
- Specialized
A large fast fly that catches other insects in the air and drinks their juices
- Offensive
A very revealing outfit that draws attention to the wearer's crotch area
An insect that eats insects, with a long beak and antennae, whose males have a curved tail like a scorpion
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fly comes from an old word that meant 'to move through the air', and it is the same root as flight, so to fly is to move or travel in the air.