fly

fly: fly fly [flaɪ] verb flew _PASTTENSE [fluː] flown _PASTPART [fləʊn ǁ floʊn]

1. [intransitive] TRAVEL to travel by plane:

• From Belfast, British Airways Cargo flies to London Heathrow, Manchester and Glasgow.

• Mr McGovern always flies economy class.

2. TRANSPORT [transitive] to take goods or people to a place by plane:

• It was more cost-effective to fly the chemicals direct to each country.

• A waiting helicopter flew the president to his next meeting.

3. [intransitive] MARKETING if a product or idea flies, it succeeds:

• We were never confident the system was going to fly.

• A product which the market has clearly rejected cannot be made to fly

4. fly in the face of something to be or do the opposite of what most people think is reasonable, sensible or normal:

• A sales tax would fly in the face of EU moves towards greater standardisation of indirect taxes.

• She made a virtue of flying in the face of business convention.

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fly UK US /flaɪ/ verb (flew, flown)

► [I] TRANSPORT to travel in an aircraft: »How long does it take to fly from Heathrow to Los Angeles?
fly out of/into somewhere »More and more business executives are flying out of the state's commercial airports.
fly business class/economy/standby »They flew business class to Johannesburg overnight.

► [T + adv/prep] TRANSPORT to transport people or goods by aircraft: »Oil workers are flown by helicopter to the rigs.

► [I] INFORMAL to be successful or popular: »We're hoping the new brand name will fly.

● fly a kite — Cf. fly a kite

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Synonyms:

Soar, mount, hover, take wing, Flee from, shun, avoid, flee, Winged insect, dipteron / Flutter, flap, float, wave, undulate, vibrate, play, Let fly, set flying, cause to fly or float, House-fly, musca / Burst, explode, be scattered, break in pieces, be broken to pieces, Fly-wheel / Flee, run away, decamp, abscond, make off, pack off, slip away, steal away, slink away, Compass-card / Pass, elapse, slip, glide, flit, roll on, flow on, Hackney-coach, cab, light vehicle / Stage gallery, scene-shifting gallery

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Fly — Fly, n.; pl. {Flies} (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS. fl[=y]ge, fle[ o]ge, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root] 84. See {Fly}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any winged insect; esp.,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fly — Тип Публичная компания … Википедия
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fly — Ⅰ. fly [1] ► VERB (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1) (of a winged creature or aircraft) move through the air under control. 2) control the flight of or convey in (an aircraft). 3) move or be hurled quickly through the air. 4) … English terms dictionary
fly — fly1 [flī] vi. FLEW or, for vi. 10, flied, flown or, for vi. 10, flied, flying, flew [ME flien, flegen < OE fleogan, akin to MDu vlegen, Ger fliegen < IE * pleuk < base * pleu : see FLOW] 1. to move through the air; specif., a) … English World dictionary
FLY — (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom … Wikipédia en Français
Fly — ドラゴンクエスト II ダイの大冒険 (Doragon Kuesuto II Dai no Daibōken) Genre Heroïc Fantasy Anime japonais Réalisateur Nobutaka Nishizawa Scénaristes Kôji Inada Riku Sanjo Studio d animation Toei Animation … Wikipédia en Français
Fly! — ist eine von Terminal Reality entwickelte und 1999 von Gathering of Developers veröffentlichte Flugsimulation für Microsoft Windows und Apple Macintosh PCs, der sich durch seine detaillierte Cockpit Instrumentierung und die ausführliche… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fly! — is a flight simulator for PC and Apple Macintosh computers developed by Terminal Reality and published by Gathering of Developers. It included simulation of air traffic control features as well as aircraft s on board systems, and was acclaimed… … Wikipedia
Fly! II — is a virtual flight simulator developed by Terminal Reality and released on April 26, 2001, by Gathering. It is a sequel to Fly! and Fly! 2k.While it had a promising flight model and a unique approach to the cockpit panel system, the lack of… … Wikipedia

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