fly

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
2. Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
3. Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
4. A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
5. A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
6. The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
7. (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
8. (obsolete) A parasite.
9. A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
10. A butterfly (combination of four options).

Verb

1. To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
2. To flee, to escape (from).
3. To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
4. To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
5. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
6. To proceed with great success.
7. (colloquial) To be accepted, come about or work out.
8. To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
9. To hunt with a hawk.
10. To be in the winged adult stage.

Verb

To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

Adj

1. (slang) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
2. (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
3. (slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

Concepts

voler

✈️

mouche

🪰

s’envoler

braguette

✈️

piloter

🧑‍✈️

battre

courir

amanite muscarine

cintre

conduire

échapper

faire voler

fuir

hisser

naviguer

sauter

se dépêcher

amanite tue-mouche

envoler

muscarine

bondir

transporter par avion

vaporiser

vol

✈️

évacuer

voltiger

aller en voiture

envoyer en l’air

coquette

diptère

envolée

✈️

brachycères

faire voltiger

mouche domestique

flotter

s’enfuir

papillon

🦋

parade

filer

planer

Synonymes

soar

housefly

flee

flutter

wing

🪽

escape

run

flies

run away

flit

jump

leave

dart

🎯

dash

💨

bolt

float

drive

glide

aviate

mosquito

🦟

vanish

fleet

fly-loft

flap

gridiron

bee

🐝

deer fly

fly ball

take flight

hover

pilot

🧑‍✈️

gnat

rush

wave

👋

sail

blowfly

charge

retreat

rise

get away

hoist

scoot

tear

house fly

house-fly

fell

wasp

rainfly

tent-fly

insect

fly agaric

keen

race

tent flap

career

stampede

lift

steer

clever

lunge

display

lure

moth

take off

throw

fly away

cut and run

bug

🐛

fly sheet

pass

vaporize

voyage

get up

go away

go off

whisk

beat

break

zoom

cause to fly

raise

cunning

fly front

roam

travel by air

horse-fly

scramble

scud

scurry

shoot

hurry

hurtle

sprint

ingenious

blow

lam

flash

perceptive

perspicacious

piercing

plummet

plunge

pointed

pound

💷

pungent

put up

quick-witted

rack

ready

retire

run along

salty

scour

scuffle

shake off

sharp

ship

🚢

show

shrill

skedaddle

skilful

slam

slick

slit

sly

smart

speed

spiky

spindle

spring

spy

stagger

stand up

start

stiff

storm

streak

stream

strident

strike

subdue

surface

swing

tart

thrash

thresh

throb

to

slope off

spring away

tower

travel

trenchant

trick

waft

wage

wallop

wander

wear off

whip

win over

wry

zip

zipper

acuate

Brachycera

float up

fly about

fly up

fulgurating

go straight on

pawky

send up

swoop down

take to flight

take wing

flee away

win one’s heart

trouser zipper

move suddenly

ledger-bait

jump away

leap away

soar into the air

elaspe

pelt along

squeak by

squeak through

balance wheel

pass through the air

be routed

cannonball along

thrust ahead

travel rapidly

musca domestica

be sent flying

go flying

travel on a cloud

flap the wings

green ant

native bee

abscond

blue-bottle fly

acerb

acerbic

acute

airborne

airlift

ant

🐜

applaud

arise

ascend

bait

bang

barge

beaked

beat a retreat

biting

blast

bold

bound

break loose

bright

bring

bunk

burst

butterfly

🦋

butterfly stroke

buzz

buzz off

cast

cast off

channel

chuck

clap

👏

clear

clear away

clear off

clear out

codpiece

coin

🪙

come away

conduct

crafty

cream

crisp

cutting

dexterous

discard

discriminative

dodge

drive away

drive off

drop

duel

elapse

elude

etc.

fall

fan

fight

fire

🔥

fleeting

flier

flight

✈️

flirt

😘

flow

flyer

flywheel

gallop

guide

hammer

🔨

hang out

hasten

hightail it

hit

horsefly

hurl

incisive

jet

journey

lance

launch

lead

leap

locust

loft

lurch

mordacious

mordant

move

Musca

navigate

nimble

operate

palpitate

Paris

peaked

peaky

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/flaɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: flye

Hérité de ancien anglais: flȳġe

Appartenant à écossais: flee

Appartenant à saterlandais: Fljooge

Appartenant à néerlandais: vlieg

Appartenant à allemand: Fliege

Appartenant à danois: flue

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: flue

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: fluge

Appartenant à suédois: fluga

Appartenant à islandais: fluga

Appartenant à saterlandais: fljooge

Appartenant à néerlandais: vliegen

Appartenant à bas-allemand: flegen

Appartenant à allemand: fliegen

Appartenant à danois: flyve

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: flyga

Appartenant à lituanien: plaukti

Appartenant à allemand: Flügel

Appartenant à néerlandais: vleugel

Appartenant à suédois: flygel

In summary

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From Middle English flye, flie, from Old English flȳġe, flēoge (“a fly”), from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ (“a fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”). Cognate with Scots flee, Saterland Frisian Fljooge, Dutch vlieg, German Low German Fleeg, German Fliege, Danish flue, Norwegian Bokmål flue, Norwegian Nynorsk fluge, Swedish fluga, Icelandic fluga.

Phrases

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Les heures agréables volent beaucoup trop tôt.