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fly

/flaɪ/
Meanings
  • noun

    A flying insect that has only two wings, belonging to the order Diptera.

    - "The house was filled with flies during the summer."
    - "Fruit attracts flies."
    - "A swatter is used to kill flies."
  • verb

    To move through the air using wings.

    - "Birds fly high in the sky."
    - "The airplane flies at a speed of 500 miles per hour."
    - "The kite flew beautifully in the wind."
Pronunciation
  1. /flaɪ/



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Antonyms

remain , stay , walk
Synonyms

hurry , zoom , abscond , escape , flee , ascend , aviate , float , glide , hover , rise , skim , soar , wing , dart , flit
Rhymes
Words rhyming with fly
tie , sky , lie , spy , die
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. Fly (noun) : To travel by air.

  2. Fly (noun) : A person who flies an airplane.

Variants
List of all variants of fly that leads to same result
flew , flew at , flew blind , flew high , flew in the face of , flew in the teeth of , flied , flies , flies at , flies blind , flies high , flies in the face of , flies in the teeth of , flown , flown at , flown blind , flown high , flown in the face of , flown in the teeth of , fly , fly at , fly blind , fly high , fly in the face of , fly in the teeth of , flying , flying at , flying blind , flying high , flying in the face of , flying in the teeth of , fly in the ointment , on the fly , a fly in the ointment , flies in the ointment , the fly in the ointment , flyer , flyest , look fly , looked fly , looking fly , looks fly , Fly , fly agaric , fly agarics
Forms
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Fly (verb): Flies, flew, flew., Fly (noun): Flies, fly, a fly

Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English fliegan, from flygan, to fly.

Trivia
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  1. Flies have compound eyes, which means they have many tiny individual eyes.

  2. A single housefly can produce up to 2,000 offspring in its lifetime.

  3. Flies taste with their feet.

Related Concepts
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  1. Insect: Fly is a type of insect.

  2. Diptera: Fly belongs to the order Diptera, which includes flies, mosquitoes, and gnats.

Culture
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In literature, flies have been used as symbols of disease, decay, and death. In art, they have been depicted in various ways, including as still lifes, in surrealist paintings, and in abstract expressionism.

How to Memorize "fly"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a house filled with flies. Imagine the flies buzzing around the room and landing on food.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'fly' with the image of a flying insect.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Flies are fun, but they buzz and bite'

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