'To fly a kite' definitions:

Definition of 'To fly a kite'

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  • Fly \Fly\, v. t.
  • 1. To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • The brave black flag I fly. --W. S. Gilbert. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid. [1913 Webster]
  • Sleep flies the wretch. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • To fly the favors of so good a king. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an a["e]roplane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • To fly a kite (Com.), to raise money on commercial notes. [Cant or Slang] [1913 Webster]

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