Definition of "fly" in İngilizce

noun

(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
(weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
(swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
(obsolete) A witch's familiar.
(obsolete) A parasite.
(preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
(finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).

verb

(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.
- The Concorde flew from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane.
- It takes about eleven hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hong Kong.
- The little fairy flew home on the back of her friend, the giant eagle.
(ambitransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
- Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!
(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- Charles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean.
- Why don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect.
- Birds fly their prey to their nest to feed it to their young.
- Each day the postal service flies thousands of letters around the globe.
(intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- He flew down the hill on his bicycle.
- It's five o'clock already. Doesn't time fly?
- The dark waves murmured as the ship flew on.
(intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- a door flies open
- a bomb flies apart
(intransitive) To proceed with great success.

noun

(obsolete) The action of flying; flight.
An act of flying.
- There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly.
(baseball) A fly ball.
(American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
(India, obsolete) The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent.
(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- Ha-ha! Your fly's undone!
- February 2014 Y-Front Fly Y-Front is a registered trademark for a special front fly turned upside down to form a Y owned by Jockey® International. The first Y-Front® brief was created by Jockey® more than 70 years ago.
- June 2014 The Hole In Men’s Underwear: Name And Purpose Briefs were given an opening in the front. The point of this opening (the ‘fly’) was to make it easier to pee with clothes on
The free edge of a flag.
The horizontal length of a flag.
(weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
(nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
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.
Ellipsis of flywheel.
(historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
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.
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
(weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
(cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.