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fly like a bird

fly like a bird verb: to be adept at flying.

Verb

fly like a bird (third-person singular simple present flies like a bird, present participle flying like a bird, simple past flew like a bird, past participle flown like a bird)

  1. (simile) To be adept at flying.

Forms of fly like a bird

third-person singular presentflies like a bird
present participleflying like a bird
pastflew like a bird
past participleflown like a bird

Questions about fly like a bird

What does fly like a bird mean?
Fly like a bird means to be adept at flying.
What part of speech is fly like a bird?
Fly like a bird is a verb.
What is the past tense of fly like a bird?
The past tense of fly like a bird is flew like a bird.

Words near fly like a bird in the dictionary

  1. fly in the ointment
  2. fly into
  3. fly into a rage
  4. fly killer
  5. fly killers
  6. fly like a bird
  7. fly like a rock
  8. fly line
  9. fly lines
  10. fly loft
  11. fly lofts

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