'Flying' definitions:
Definition of 'flying'
From: WordNet
adjective
Moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers" [syn: fast- flying, flying]
adjective
Hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" [syn: flying, quick, fast]
noun
An instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" [syn: flight, flying]
Definition of 'Flying'
From: GCIDE
- Fly \Fly\ (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp. Flew (fl[=u]); p. p. Flown (fl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Flying.] [OE. fleen, fleen, fleyen, flegen, AS. fle['o]gan; akin to D. vliegen, OHG. fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[=u]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve, Goth. us-flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about, and perh. to L. pluma feather, E. plume. [root]84. Cf. Fledge, Flight, Flock of animals.]
- 1. To move in or pass through the air with wings, as a bird.
- 2. To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag. [1913 Webster]
- Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. --Job v. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies. [1913 Webster]
- Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee. [1913 Webster]
- Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart. [1913 Webster]
- To fly about (Naut.), to change frequently in a short time; -- said of the wind.
- To fly around, to move about in haste. [Colloq.]
- To fly at, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack suddenly.
- To fly in the face of, to insult; to assail; to set at defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct opposition to; to resist.
- To fly off, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to revolt.
- To fly on, to attack.
- To fly open, to open suddenly, or with violence.
- To fly out. (a) To rush out. (b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license.
- To let fly. (a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. "A man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." --Addison. (b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let fly the sheets. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aeronautics,
- agile,
- air service,
- airborne,
- airline,
- ascending,
- astronautics,
- aviation,
- axial,
- back,
- back-flowing,
- backward,
- ballooning,
- blind flying,
- breakneck,
- brittle,
- capricious,
- changeable,
- cloud-seeding,
- commercial aviation,
- contact flying,
- corruptible,
- cruising,
- cursory,
- dashing,
- deciduous,
- descending,
- disappearing,
- dissolving,
- double-quick,
- down-trending,
- downward,
- drifting,
- dying,
- eagle-winged,
- ephemeral,
- evanescent,
- evaporating,
- expeditious,
- express,
- fading,
- fast,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- fickle,
- fleet,
- fleeting,
- flight,
- flitting,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- fluttering,
- fly-by-night,
- fragile,
- frail,
- fugacious,
- fugitive,
- furious,
- galloping,
- general aviation,
- gliding,
- going,
- gyrational,
- gyratory,
- hair-trigger,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hovering,
- hurried,
- hustling,
- immediate,
- impermanent,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- inconstant,
- instant,
- insubstantial,
- jet-propelled,
- last-minute,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- lively,
- melting,
- mercurial,
- momentary,
- mortal,
- mounting,
- mutable,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- nondurable,
- nonpermanent,
- on the spot,
- passing,
- perishable,
- pilotage,
- plunging,
- precipitate,
- progressive,
- prompt,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- rapid,
- reckless,
- reflowing,
- refluent,
- regressive,
- retrogressive,
- rising,
- rocket-propelled,
- rotary,
- rotational,
- rotatory,
- running,
- rushing,
- sailing,
- sailplaning,
- short-lived,
- sideward,
- sinking,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- snap,
- snappy,
- soaring,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- streaming,
- superficial,
- swift,
- temporal,
- temporary,
- transient,
- transitive,
- transitory,
- undurable,
- unenduring,
- unstable,
- up-trending,
- upward,
- urgent,
- vanishing,
- volant,
- volatile,
- volitant,
- winged,
- winging
Words containing 'Flying'
- Flies,
- Fly,
- On the fly,
- To fly about,
- To fly at,
- To fly off,
- To fly on,
- To fly out,
- fly by,
- fly on,
- As the crow flies,
- Bean fly,
- Bee fly,
- Berna fly,
- Black fly,
- Blister fly,
- Breeze fly,
- Brine fly,
- Buffalo fly,
- Bull fly,
- Burrel fly,
- Cabbage fly,
- Caddice fly,
- Canker fly,
- Chalcid fly,
- Cheese fly,
- Columbatz fly,
- Corn fly,
- Crane fly,
- Dolphin fly,
- Dragon fly,
- Drake fly,
- Drone fly,
- End fly,
- Ephemeral fly,
- Fishing fly,
- Flesh fly,
- Fly agaric,
- Fly amanita,
- Fly block,
- Fly board,
- Fly book,
- Fly cap,
- Fly drill,
- Fly fisherman,
- Fly fishing,
- Fly flap,
- Fly fungus,
- Fly governor,
- Fly honeysuckle,
- Fly hook,
- Fly leaf,
- Fly maggot,
- Fly net,
- Fly nut,
- Fly orchis,
- Fly paper,
- Fly powder,
- Fly press,
- Fly rail,
- Fly rod,
- Fly sheet,
- Fly snapper,
- Fly wheel,
- Flying Dutchman,
- Flying Hills,
- Flying army,
- Flying artillery,
- Flying boat,
- Flying bridge,
- Flying buttress,
- Flying camp,
- Flying colors,
- Flying doe,
- Flying dragon,
- Flying fish,
- Flying fox,
- Flying frog,
- Flying gurnard,
- Flying jib,
- Flying kites,
- Flying lemur,
- Flying level,
- Flying lizard,
- Flying machine,
- Flying mouse,
- Flying party,
- Flying phalanger,
- Flying pinion,
- Flying sap,
- Flying shot,
- Flying spider,
- Flying squadron,
- Flying squid,
- Flying squirrel,
- Flying start,
- Flying torch,
- Forest fly,
- Frog fly,
- Fruit fly,
- Green fly,
- Harpy fly,
- Harvest fly,
- Hawk fly,
- Hessian fly,
- Hop fly,
- Hornet fly,
- Ichneumon fly,
- Lake fly,
- Louse fly,
- May fly,
- Meat fly,
- Potato fly,
- Radish fly,
- Robber fly,
- Rose fly,
- Sand fly,
- Scorpion fly,
- Smother fly,
- Snake fly,
- Snow fly,
- Soldier fly,
- Spanish fly,
- Sphex fly,
- Spider fly,
- Spring fly,
- Stable fly,
- Stone fly,
- Syrphus fly,
- Telescope fly,
- To dub a fly,
- To fly a kite,
- To fly around,
- To fly in the face of,
- To fly open,
- To let fly,
- To set flying,
- Trencher fly,
- Trumpet fly,
- Turnip fly,
- Vinegar fly,
- Warega fly,
- Wasp fly,
- Wheat fly,
- White fly,
- Willow fly,
- Wine fly,
- alder fly,
- antlion fly,
- bar fly,
- blind flying,
- blow fly,
- boat fly,
- breeze flies,
- caddis fly,
- carrion fly,
- carrot fly,
- chalcis fly,
- day fly,
- dobson fly,
- dry fly,
- fish fly,
- fly ash,
- fly ball,
- fly blind,
- fly bridge,
- fly casting,
- fly contact,
- fly floor,
- fly front,
- fly gallery,
- fly high,
- fly in the face of,
- fly in the ointment,
- fly in the teeth of,
- fly off the handle,
- fly open,
- fly orchid,
- fly poison,
- fly tent,
- fly the coop,
- fly-by,
- flying bird,
- flying bomb,
- flying carpet,
- flying cat,
- flying colours,
- flying drainpipe,
- flying field,
- flying gecko,
- flying lemurs,
- flying mare,
- flying marmot,
- flying opossum,
- flying proa,
- flying reptile,
- flying robin,
- flying saucer,
- flying school,
- flying squad,
- flying visit,
- froth fly,
- goldeneyed fly,
- greenbottle fly,
- hanging fly,
- hemerobiid fly,
- high flying,
- horn fly,
- horse fly,
- house fly,
- instrument flying,
- lacewing fly,
- lady fly,
- lantern fly,
- let fly,
- let fly at,
- long fly,
- pomace fly,
- pop fly,
- sacrifice fly,
- shoo fly,
- stink fly,
- streamer fly,
- stunt flying,
- tachina fly,
- test fly,
- tobacco fly,
- tsetse fly,
- tzetze fly,
- warble fly,
- wet fly,
- Bobbin and fly frame,
- Dragon fly etc,
- Fly-bitten,
- Fly-case,
- Fly-catching,
- Fly-fish,
- Flying Hills, PA,
- Hop froth fly,
- Mediterranean fruit fly,
- To come off with flying colors,
- american fly honeysuckle,
- american flying squirrel,
- asiatic flying squirrel,
- biplane flying fish,
- biting house fly,
- caddice-fly,
- caddis-fly,
- deer fly fever,
- distinguished flying cross,
- drop like flies,
- european fly honeysuckle,
- fast-flying,
- fish-fly,
- fly-by-night,
- fly-fishing,
- free-flying,
- lantern-fly,
- monoplane flying fish,
- northern flying squirrel,
- pass with flying colors,
- pop-fly,
- southern flying squirrel,
- swamp fly honeysuckle,
- tent-fly,
- unidentified flying object,
- Fly-catching warbler,
- Flying-jib boom,
- fly-catching thrush,
- golden-eyed fly,
- lace-winged fly,
- four-wing flying fish,
- two-wing flying fish