Definitions for flied

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Spelling: [flahyd]

IPA: /flaɪd/

Flied is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in flied (defil).

Definitions for flied

noun

1. a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
2. a flap forming the door of a tent.
3. Also called tent fly. a piece of canvas extending over the ridgepole of a tent and forming an outer roof.
4. an act of flying; a flight.
5. the course of a flying object, as a ball.
6. Baseball. fly ball.
7. British. a light, covered, public carriage drawn by one horse; hansom; hackney coach.
8. Machinery. a horizontal arm, weighted at each end, that pivots about the screw of a press so that when the screw is lowered the momentum of the fly will increase the force of the press.
9. Also called fan. Horology. a regulating device for chime and striking mechanisms, consisting of an arrangement of vanes on a revolving axis.
10. Printing. (in some presses) the apparatus for removing the printed sheets to the delivery table. Also called flyboy. (formerly) a printer's devil employed to remove printed sheets from a press.
11. the horizontal dimension of a flag as flown from a vertical staff. the end of the flag farther from the staff. Compare hoist (def 7).
12. flies, Also called fly loft. Theater. the space above the stage used chiefly for storing scenery and equipment.
13. Nautical. a propellerlike device streamed to rotate and transfer information on speed to a mechanical log.

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of fly1 .

Idioms

1. fly blind, to operate an airplane, especially during conditions of poor visibility, relying solely on instruments for guidance. to proceed with a complex task in the absence of directions by using one's own ability to determine what procedures to follow.
2. fly in the face of, to act in defiance of (authority, custom, etc.). Also, fly in the teeth of.
3. fly off the handle. handle (def 16).
4. go fly a kite, Slang. to put up with or get used to matters as they stand. to confine oneself to one's own affairs. to cease being a nuisance:
5. let fly, to hurl or propel (a weapon, missile, etc.). to give free rein to an emotion:
6. on the fly, during flight; before falling to the ground: hurriedly; without pausing:

Verb phrases

1. fly out, Baseball, Softball. to be put out by hitting a fly ball that is caught by a player of the opposing team.

verb (used with object)

1. to make (something) float or move through the air:
2. to operate (an aircraft, spacecraft, or the like).
3. to hoist aloft, as for display, signaling, etc.:
4. to operate an aircraft or spacecraft over:
5. to transport or convey by air:
6. to escape from; flee:
7. Theater. to hang (scenery) above a stage by means of rigging supported by the gridiron. to raise (scenery) from the stage or acting area into the flies.

verb (used without object)

1. to move through the air using wings.
2. to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency:
3. to float or flutter in the air:
4. to travel in an aircraft or spacecraft.
5. to move suddenly and quickly; start unexpectedly:
6. to change rapidly and unexpectedly from one state or position to another:
7. to flee; escape.
8. to travel in space:
9. to move or pass swiftly:
10. to move with an aggressive surge:
11. Baseball. to bat a fly ball: to fly out.
12. Informal. to be acceptable, believable, or feasible:

Origin of flied

before 900; Middle English flīen, Old English flēogan; cognate with Old High German fliogan, German fliegen, Old Norse fljuga

Examples for flied

Lanny flied out to left fielder and Pete reached second ahead of the throw-in.

Thurlow flied out to pitcher, Pryor sacrificed and Bacon reached second.

Bricktop repeated this, save that he flied to Herbert Bower, in left field, and Randall had a zero to her credit.

Loring Townsend had flied out to Pete Robey, making the first out.

He had no hope of an error; he could already see the play reported, "flied out to center field."

Then Jensen was caught off first and House flied out to Shores.

A moment later he reached third when Chase flied out to right field.

He tuk it inter his head to chase a bird what flied low along the road, and I laffed as I follered after him.

In the earlier innings, he had flied out once, walked twice, and missed a twisting third strike on his other trip to the plate.