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flying

[ flahy-ing ]

adjective

  1. making flight or passing through the air; that flies: fly:

    a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.

  2. floating, fluttering, waving, hanging, or moving freely in the air:

    flying banners; flying hair.

  3. extending through the air.
  4. moving swiftly.
  5. made while moving swiftly:

    a flying leap.

  6. very hasty or brief; fleeting or transitory:

    a flying visit; a flying remark.

  7. designed or organized for swift movement or action.
  8. fleeing, running away, or taking flight:

    They pursued the flying enemy.

  9. Nautical. (of a sail) having none of its edges fastened to spars or stays.


noun

  1. the act of moving through the air on wings; flight.

adverb

  1. Nautical. without being fastened to a yard, stay, or the like:

    a sail set flying.

flying

/ ˈ´Ú±ô²¹ÉªÉªÅ‹ /

adjective

  1. prenominal hurried; fleeting

    a flying visit

  2. prenominal designed for fast action
  3. prenominal moving or passing quickly on or as if on wings

    the flying hours

    a flying leap

  4. hanging, waving, or floating freely

    flying hair

  5. nautical (of a sail) not hauled in tight against the wind
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of piloting, navigating, or travelling in an aircraft
  2. modifier relating to, capable of, accustomed to, or adapted for flight

    a flying machine

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·´Ú±ô²âi²Ô²µ adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·´Ú±ô²âi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of flying1

before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English ´Ú±ôŧ´Ç²µ±ð²Ô»å±ð (adj.). See fly 2, -ing 2, -ing 1
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