fly
Signification (Anglais)
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- Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
- (obsolete) A parasite.
- A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- A butterfly (combination of four options).
Concepts
s’envoler
amanite muscarine
faire voler
se dépêcher
amanite tue-mouche
transporter par avion
aller en voiture
envoyer en l’air
brachycères
faire voltiger
mouche domestique
s’enfuir
Synonymes
fly-loft
house fly
house-fly
rainfly
tent-fly
tent flap
fly away
cause to fly
fly front
travel by air
spring away
trenchant
Brachycera
float up
fly about
fly up
go straight on
swoop down
take to flight
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
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
blue-bottle fly
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/flaɪ/
Étymologie (Anglais)
table 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.
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