To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
To be in the winged adult stage.
To hunt with a hawk.
To be accepted, come about or work out.
To proceed with great success.
To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
A wing.
A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
A butterfly (combination of four options).
An act of flying.
One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
waste cotton
Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.
That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
The free edge of a flag.
The horizontal length of a flag.
A fly ball.
The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
Related terms: flyman
A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
A blow or stroke from something thrown.
A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
The fur or hair of a living animal.
The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
An act of moving quickly; a rush.
Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.