flying

Meaning

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

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Opposite of

flightless

Synonyms

flight

✈️

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

Translations

volant

volante

Fliegen

vol

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Flug

✈️

fliegend

ιπτάμενος

vuelo

✈️

volador

voador

volo

✈️

aviation

volante

Luftfahrt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fleynge

Inherited from Old English: flēogende

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: fljoogend

Cognate with Western Frisian: fleanend

Cognate with Dutch: vliegend

Cognate with German: fliegend

Cognate with Danish: flyvende

Cognate with Swedish: flygande

Cognate with Icelandic: fljúgandi

Inherited from Middle English: flyinge

Cognate with Danish: flyvning

Cognate with Swedish: flygning

Cognate with Norwegian: 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”).

Sentences

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 .