[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fly \fly\ flimac, v. i. imp. flew fl=u; p. p. flown
   fl=on; p. pr.  vb. n. flying. oe. fleen, fleen,
   fleyen, flegen, as. fle'ogan; akin to d. vliegen, ohg.
   fliogan, g. fliegen, icel. flj=uga, sw. flyga, dan. flyve,
   goth. us-flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about, and perh.
   to l. pluma feather, e. plume. root84. cf. fledge,
   flight, flock of animals.
   1. to move in or pass through the air with wings, as a bird.

   2. to move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass
      or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.
      1913 webster

   3. to float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.
      1913 webster

            man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
                                                  --job v. 7.
      1913 webster

   4. to move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate
      rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around;
      rumor flies.
      1913 webster

            fly, envious time, till thou run out thy race.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

            the dark waves murmured as the ships flew on.
                                                  --bryant.
      1913 webster

   5. to run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an
      enemy or a coward flies. see note under flee.
      1913 webster

            fly, ere evil intercept thy flight.   --milton.
      1913 webster

            whither shall i fly to escape their hands ? --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. to move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly
      or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door
      flies open; a bomb flies apart.
      1913 webster

   to fly about naut., to change frequently in a short time;
      -- said of the wind.

   to fly around, to move about in haste. colloq.

   to fly at, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack
      suddenly.

   to fly in the face of, to insult; to assail; to set at
      defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct
      opposition to; to resist.

   to fly off, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to
      revolt.

   to fly on, to attack.

   to fly open, to open suddenly, or with violence.

   to fly out.
      a to rush out.
      b to burst into a passion; to break out into license.

   to let fly.
      a to throw or drive with violence; to discharge. "a man
          lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." --addison.
      b naut. to let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let
          fly the sheets.
          1913 webster
see also:
flew flown flying fledge flight flock 
flee to fly about to fly around to fly at to fly in the face of 
to fly off to fly on to fly open to fly out to let fly 

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