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Sounds | flay' |
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Rhymes | alkali, ally, apply, and 25 more rhymes in lay at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked. |
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Region | United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Similar to | alert |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | Two-winged insects characterized by active flight. |
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Member of | Diptera, order Diptera |
Parts | alula, calypter |
Narrower | housefly, Musca domestica; tsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze, glossina; blowfly, blow fly; flesh fly, Sarcophaga carnaria; tachina fly; gadfly; bee fly; horn fly, Haematobia irritans |
Broader | dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron |
Verbs | fly |
Meaning | Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent. |
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Synonyms | tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, tent flap |
Part of | fly tent |
Broader | flap |
Meaning | An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth. |
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Synonyms | fly front |
Part of | garment |
Broader | opening |
Meaning | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air. |
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Synonyms | fly ball |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Narrower | blast; pop fly; liner, line drive; flare; Texas leaguer |
Broader | hit, hitting, striking |
Verbs | fly |
Meaning | Fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect. |
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Narrower | dry fly; streamer fly; wet fly |
Broader | fisherman's lure, fish lure |
Meaning | Travel through the air. Be airborne. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | Some big birds fly in the tree; There fly some big birds in the tree |
Examples | "Man cannot fly" |
Synonyms | wing |
Entailed by | fly, aviate, pilot |
Narrower | buzz; rack; flight; fly on; soar; hover |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Similar to | fly |
Nouns | fly; flier, flyer; flying |
Meaning | Move quickly or suddenly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Broader | move |
Meaning | Fly a plane. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | aviate, pilot |
Category | air travel, aviation, air |
Entails | fly, wing |
Entailed by | sailplane, soar |
Narrower | fly blind; fly contact; solo; test fly; jet; glide; hydroplane, seaplane; balloon; hedgehop, flat-hat; hang glide, soar |
Broader | operate, control |
Similar to | fly; fly; fly |
Nouns | flier, flyer; flying |
Meaning | Transport by aeroplane. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" |
Narrower | airlift, lift |
Broader | transport, carry |
Similar to | fly, aviate, pilot |
Nouns | flying |
Meaning | Cause to fly or float. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "fly a kite" |
Cause to | float, drift, be adrift, blow |
Narrower | kite |
Similar to | fly |
Meaning | Be dispersed or disseminated. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "Rumors and accusations are flying" |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Meaning | Change quickly from one emotional state to another. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "fly into a rage" |
Broader | change |
Meaning | Pass away rapidly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | fell, vanish |
Broader | elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along |
Similar to | vanish, fly, vaporize |
Meaning | Travel in an airplane. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?" |
Category | air travel, aviation, air |
Narrower | red-eye |
Broader | travel |
Similar to | fly, aviate, pilot |
Nouns | flier, flyer; flying |
Meaning | Display in the air or cause to float. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N." |
Broader | show |
Similar to | fly |
Meaning | Run away quickly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | flee, take flight |
Narrower | break; stampede; abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off; elope, run off; escape, get away, break loose; high-tail; defect, desert |
Broader | run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away |
Meaning | Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | These men fly the river |
Examples | "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" |
Broader | travel, journey |
Similar to | fly, wing; fly, aviate, pilot |
Nouns | flying |
Meaning | Hit a fly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Broader | hit |
Nouns | fly |
Meaning | Decrease rapidly and disappear. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | vanish, vaporize |
Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall |
Similar to | fly, fell, vanish |