flye
UK/flaɪ/
flye noun: an exercise performed by moving extended arms through an arc while the elbows are kept at a fixed angle, especially those done to exercise the chest muscles.
Noun
flye (plural flyes)
- An exercise performed by moving extended arms through an arc while the elbows are kept at a fixed angle, especially those done to exercise the chest muscles.
- […]then there will be five sets of presses on an inclined bench, five sets of dumbbell flyes and two sets of twenty cable flyes—all designed to bulk, shape, striate and clarify the pectoralis muscles of the chest[…]1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 22
Proper noun capitalized: Flye
Flye (plural Flyes)
- A surname.
Forms of flye
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | flyes |
| alternative form | fly |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Flyes |
Origin of flye
Variant spelling of Flye.
Words that rhyme with flye
Questions about flye
- What does flye mean?
- Flye means an exercise performed by moving extended arms through an arc while the elbows are kept at a fixed angle, especially those done to exercise the chest muscles.
- What part of speech is flye?
- Flye can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce flye?
- Flye is pronounced /flaɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of flye?
- The plural of flye is flyes.
Words near flye in the dictionary
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