fly

Also used as

fly is also the ellipsis of fly route.

fly is also the ellipsis of flywheel.

fly is also the alternative form of vly.

fly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of fly in a sentence

• It takes about eleven hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hong Kong.
• Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.1909, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Orthodoxy:
• I want to reach out and touch the sky / I want to touch the sun, but I don't need to fly1972, “Supernaut”, performed by Black Sabbath:
• Flying using only the power of the sun is an enticing prospect.2013 September 7, “On a bright new wing”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:
• A solar-powered unmanned aerial system (a UAS, more commonly called a drone) could fly long, lonely missions that conventional aircraft would not be capable of.2013 September 7, “On a bright new wing”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:

All 40 example sentences with fly

Synonyms of fly

• ascend
• aviate
• float
• flutter
• glide
• hover
• rise
• skim
• soar
• wing

Antonyms

• remain
• stay

All synonyms and antonyms of fly

Forms of fly

Past tense of fly: flew

Plural of fly: flies

Origin of fly

From Middle English fflye, flehe, flei, fleie, fley, fleye, fleȝe, flie, fliȝe, flye, vliȝe, vlye, from Old English flēge, flēoge, flīeġe (“a fly”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleugā, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ (“a fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to flow, fly, run; to splash”), enlargement of *plew- (“to flow, fly, run”). Cognates Cognate with Scots flee, flei (“fly”), North Frisian fleeg (“fly”), Saterland Frisian Fljooge (“fly”), Alemannic German Flüüge (“fly”), Cimbrian blòiga, vlòiga (“fly”), Dutch vlieg (“fly”), German Fliege (“fly”), Low German Fleeg (“fly”), Vilamovian fłig, fłyjǵ (“fly”), Yiddish פֿליג (flig, “fly”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål flue (“fly”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish fluga (“fly”), Norwegian Nynorsk fluga, fluge, fluggu, flugu (“fly”).

From Middle English flei, fley, fleye, fleȝhenn, flien, fliȝe, flyen, flyyn, from Old English flēgan, flēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to flow, fly, run; to splash”), enlargement of *plew- (“to flow, fly, run”). Compare Etymology 1. Cognates Cognate with Scots flei (“to fly”), Yola vlee (“to fly”), North Frisian fli, fliin, fliine, fliinj, flä, fläie, flö (“to fly”), Saterland Frisian fljoge, fljooge (“to fly”), West Frisian fleane (“to fly”), Central Franconian fleeje (“to fly”), Dutch vliegen (“to fly”), Low German flegen (“to fly”), German fliegen (“to fly”), Luxembourgish fléien (“to fly”), Vilamovian fłig (“to fly”), Yiddish פֿליִען (flien, “to fly”), Danish flyve (“to fly”), Faroese fljúgva, flúgva (“to fly”), Icelandic fljúga (“to fly”), Norwegian Bokmål fly, flyge, flyve (“to fly”), Norwegian Nynorsk fljuga, fly, flyga, flyge (“to fly”), Scanian flyğa (“to fly”), Swedish flyga (“to fly”); also Cornish lew (“rudder”), Old Irish luí (“rudder”), Welsh llyw (“rudder”), Latin pluit, pluō (“to rain”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō, “to sail; to float”), Lithuanian plaukti (“to swim; to float”)...

From Middle English flye (“flying, flight”), from Old English flyġe (“flying, flight”), from Proto-Germanic *flugiz.

Words formed from fly

• a closed mouth catches no flies
• adder fly
• alderfly
• alkali fly
• and no flies
• antifly
• apple fly
• assassin fly
• awl-fly
• banana fly
• bar fly
• bat fly
• bean fly
• bean seed fly
• bee fly
• beetfly
• Bill Gates' flower fly
• black fly
• blind-fly
• blister fly
• blow fly
• blue fly
• bobfly
• bot fly
• bottlefly
• break a fly on a wheel
• break a fly on the wheel
• break a fly upon a wheel
• break a fly upon the wheel
• breezefly
• brine fly
• Brues' soldier fly
• bull-fly
• burrel fly
• bush fly
• cabbage fly
• canker fly
• carrot fly
• carrot rust fly
• catchfly
• cheese fly
• cluster fly
• coffin fly
• corn fly
• crane fly
• dance fly
• dayfly
• dead fly biscuit
• deerfly
• deer fly
• deer fly fever
• die like flies
• dobsonfly
• dogfly
• dolphin fly
• drink with the flies
• dry fly
• dungfly
• eggfly
• eye fly

Related words

• fly agaric
• flight

Phrases with fly

• fly at
• fly by
• fly in
• fly up
• big fly
• fly ash
• fly box
• fly car
• fly low
• fly off
• fly out
• fly pie

Words that rhyme with fly

• eye
• high
• die
• by
• try
• dry
• tie
• ai
• Delhi
• apply
• pie
• sky

Questions about fly

What does fly mean?

Fly means any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.

What is fly in Hindi?

Fly in Hindi is मक्खी (makkhī), मगस (magas), उड़ना (uṛnā). See Fly meaning in Hindi.

How do you use fly in a sentence?

It takes about eleven hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hong Kong.

What part of speech is fly?

Fly can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce fly?

Fly is pronounced /flaɪ/.

What is the plural of fly?

The plural of fly is flies.