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Adjective flying has 7 senses

flying - capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal"
Antonym: wingless (indirect, via winged)
fast-flying, flying - moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
aflare, flaring, flying, waving - streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
flying - designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"
Antonym: immobile (indirect, via mobile)
flying - of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation; "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects"
Antonym: land (indirect, via sea, air)
Antonym: sea (indirect, via air, land)
flying, quick, fast - hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
Antonym: unhurried (indirect, via hurried)
flying - done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap"
Antonym: standing (indirect, via running)

Noun flying has 1 sense

flight, flying - an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
--₁ is a kind of air travel, aviation, air
--₁ has particulars:

Derived forms: verb fly₉, verb fly₁₂, verb fly₃, verb fly₁, verb fly₄

Verb fly has 14 senses

fly, wing - travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived forms: noun fly₁, noun flyer₂, noun flier₁, noun flying₁
Sample sentences:
Some big birds fly in the tree
There fly some big birds in the tree
fly - move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
--₂ is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
fly, aviate, pilot - fly a plane
--₃ is one way to operate, control

Derived forms: noun flyer₃, noun flier₂, noun flying₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
fly - transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
--₄ is one way to transport, carry

Derived form: noun flying₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
fly - cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
fly - be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"
--₆ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
fly - change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage"
--₇ is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
fly, fell, vanish - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
--₈ is one way to elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
fly - travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"
--₉ is one way to travel

Derived forms: noun flyer₂, noun flier₁, noun flying₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
fly - display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
--₁₀ is one way to show
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
flee, fly, take flight - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
--₁₁ is one way to run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
fly - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
--₁₂ is one way to travel, journey

Derived form: noun flying₁
Sample sentence:
These men fly the river
fly - hit a fly
--₁₃ is one way to hit

Derived form: noun fly₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
vanish, fly, vaporize - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
--₁₄ is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s