Word Finder - fly

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(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.

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(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).

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Those or any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.

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(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.

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(weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)

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(swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).

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(obsolete) A witch's familiar.

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(obsolete) A parasite.

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(preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.

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(finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).

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(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.

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(ambitransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).

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(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.

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(intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.

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(intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.

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(intransitive) To proceed with great success.

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(intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.

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(transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.

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(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.

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(intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.

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(obsolete) The action of flying; flight.

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An act of flying.

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(baseball) A fly ball.

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(American football) Ellipsis of fly route.

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A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.

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(India, obsolete) The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent.

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(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.

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The moving portion of an extendable ladder.

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The free edge of a flag.

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The horizontal length of a flag.

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(weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.

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The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

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(nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

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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.

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Ellipsis of flywheel.

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(historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).

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In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

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The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

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(weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

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The person who took the printed sheets from the press.

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A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.

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One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.

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(cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.

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(intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

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(slang, dated) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.

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(slang) Clandestine, surreptitious

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(slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.

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(slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

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(rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.

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Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).