Definitions of fly:
- noun: (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- noun: two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- noun: an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth
- noun: fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- noun: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- verb: pass away rapidly
- verb: display in the air or cause to float
Example: "Fly a kite"
- verb: change quickly from one emotional state to another
Example: "Fly into a rage"
- verb: hit a fly
- verb: transport by aeroplane
Example: "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
- verb: be dispersed or disseminated
Example: "Rumors and accusations are flying"
- verb: travel in an airplane
Example: "She is flying to Cincinnati tonight"
- verb: move quickly or suddenly
- verb: travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
Example: "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
- verb: cause to fly or float
Example: "Fly a kite"
- verb: travel through the air; be airborne
Example: "Man cannot fly"
- verb: fly a plane
- verb: run away quickly
- verb: decrease rapidly and disappear
- adjective: (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
- name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12222)