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verb
  1. 1
    to use wings to move through the air

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

    Bird behaviour: alight, beat, brood, caw, chatter, cheep, chirp, coo, cry, flap... more
  2. 2
    to travel by plane

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

    Air travel and relating to air travel: accompanied baggage, aerial, airfare, airline, airlink, air mile, air rage, baggage allowance, baggage check, baggage storage... more
    1. a.
      if an airplane flies, it moves through the air

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

      To operate an aircraft: airlift, bank, buzz, captain, climb, come down, ditch, down, drop, eject... more
    2. b.
      to control a plane when it is in the air

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

      To operate an aircraft: airlift, bank, buzz, captain, climb, come down, ditch, down, drop, eject... more
    3. c.
      to take people or goods somewhere by plane

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

      To operate an aircraft: airlift, bank, buzz, captain, climb, come down, ditch, down, drop, eject... more
    4. d.
      to use a particular company or travel in a particular class when you are traveling by plane

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

      Air travel and relating to air travel: accompanied baggage, aerial, airfare, airline, airlink, air mile, air rage, baggage allowance, baggage check, baggage storage... more
    5. e.
      to go across an area of water or land in a plane

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

      Air travel and relating to air travel: accompanied baggage, aerial, airfare, airline, airlink, air mile, air rage, baggage allowance, baggage check, baggage storage... more
  3. 3
    to move very fast through the air

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

    To jump, or to move in the air: jump, bound, leap, spring, hop, skip, hurdle, vault, dive, fly... more
    1. a.
      to move or go very quickly

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

      To move somewhere quickly: fly, hasten, speed, dart, outpace, charge, be quick on your feet, race, gallop, surge... more
  5. 5
    if you fly a flag, or if it flies, it is on the top of a pole or building

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

    To jump, or to move in the air: jump, bound, leap, spring, hop, skip, hurdle, vault, dive, fly... more
    1. a.
      if you fly a kite, or if it flies, you hold it on the end of a long piece of string and it blows around in the wind

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

      To jump, or to move in the air: jump, bound, leap, spring, hop, skip, hurdle, vault, dive, fly... more
  6. 6
    to be blown around in the wind

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

    Movement by the wind: blow away, blow off, blow over, blow down, glide, fly, in the teeth of something, windblown, drift, stir... more
  8. 8
    informal if an idea or a statement flies, people accept or approve of it

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

    To develop or happen successfully: develop, prosper, function, work out, shape up, take off, come off, work, bear fruit... more
  10. 10
    present participle flying
    past tense flied
    past participle flied
    to hit a fly ball in baseball

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fly*

    To perform an action in baseball: balk, bat, baulk, bunt, catch, double, fly, foul, ground out, hit... more

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