Definitions for fly

fly fly

Spelling: [flahy]
IPA: /flaɪ/

Fly is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in fly (fly).

Definitions for fly

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.
  14. Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
  15. any of various winged insects, as the mayfly or firefly.
  16. Angling. a fishhook dressed with hair, feathers, silk, tinsel, etc., so as to resemble an insect or small fish, for use as a lure or bait.
  17. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Musca.

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:
  7. fly in the ointment, a detrimental factor; detraction:

adjective

  1. clever; keen; ingenious.
  2. agile; nimble.

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 fly

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

Examples for fly

Many of these are small operations that would never, in any case, fly beyond Indonesia.

Should not one fly the man who is but suspected of such a one?

Thus it attracted a wave of cowboy operators to fly passengers and cargo between cities.

Andrew still plans to fly to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum on January 21, representing the British government.

I have thirteen arrows yet, and if one of them fly unfleshed, then, by the twang of string!

Air traffic controllers and pilots together take great care not to fly in conditions that can jeopardize an airplane.

After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”

Chip carefully brushed a fly off Polly's flank with the whip.

I fly to seek a kindlier sphere, Since thou hast ceased to love me here.

Now fly; for the other Gorgons will do their utmost to take vengeance for Medusa's death.

Word Value for fly
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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