flying

(Anglès)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) That flies or can fly.
2. (not-comparable) Brief or hurried.
3. (not-comparable) Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.
4. (not-comparable) Not secured by yards.
5. (not-comparable) Capable of foiling.
6. (not-comparable) Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.

Verb

present participle and gerund of fly

Noun

1. (countable) An act of flight.
2. (uncountable) The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
3. (uncountable) The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.

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fly

• Noun
• Verb
• Verb
• Adj

Llegeix-ne més

Oposat a

flightless

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: fleynge

Heretat de anglès antic: flēogende

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: fljoogend

Cognat amb frisó occidental: fleanend

Cognat amb neerlandès: vliegend

Cognat amb alemany: fliegend

Cognat amb danès: flyvende

Cognat amb suec: flygande

Cognat amb islandès: fljúgandi

Heretat de anglès mitjà: flyinge

Cognat amb danès: flyvning

Cognat amb suec: flygning

Cognat amb noruec: flyvning

In summary

From Middle English fleynge, fleeʒinge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand,
ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English flēogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fljoogend (“flying”), West Frisian fleanend (“flying”), Dutch vliegend (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”).

Conceptes

vol

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volador

voladora

Sinònims

flight

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fast

quick

aviation

soaring

leaping

fast-flying

speedy

expeditious

passing

air

falling

bird

🐦

swift

fleet

volant

prompt

rapid

fluttering

leap

lento

navigation

on the fly

pilotage

piloting

play

precipitant

precipitate

presto

retreating

returning

running away

scattering

snappy

sortie

spanking

steering

turning back

volatile

winged

yare

to fly

put to flight

going up

springing up

flying away

soaring into the air by magic

moving in the sky

aerial

flapping the wings

Frases

Hey look , a flying pig !

It also has a airport which is used by a flying academy .

The Flying Corps owed to this man much more than they know or think .

To forget his fear of flying , he imagined how the stewardess would look like in a bikini .