fly

/flɑɪ/ v [I/T] (past tense flew /flu/, past participle flown /floʊn/) (WAVE)

Definition

› to move around in the air while being held at one end, or to cause something attached at one end to be moved: [I] Flags flew from the front of every house.

(Definition of fly v (WAVE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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fly n INSECT
fly n PANTS
fly off the handle idiom
fly v MOVE QUICKLY
fly v TRAVEL THROUGH AIR
fly v WAVE
fly-by-night adj
flyer n PAPER
flyer n PERSON ON AIRCRAFT
flying saucer n
FM n

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fly v TRAVEL THROUGH AIR
fly v MOVE QUICKLY
fly n INSECT
fly n PANTS
fly n BALL
fly-by-night adj

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fly off the handle idiom
fly in the ointment idiom
sparks fly idiom
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