· an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

Synonym(s): flight

Hypernym(s): air_travel, aviation, air

· travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"

Synonym(s): wing

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

· move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"

Hypernym(s): move

· operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba"

Synonym(s): aviate, pilot

Hypernym(s): operate, control

· transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"

Hypernym(s): transport, carry

· cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"

· be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

· change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage"

Hypernym(s): change

· pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

Synonym(s): fell, vanish

Hypernym(s): elapse, lapse, pass, slip_by, glide_by, slip_away, go_by, slide_by, go_along

· travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"

Hypernym(s): travel

· display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."

Hypernym(s): show

· run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

Synonym(s): flee, take_flight

Hypernym(s): scat, run, scarper, turn_tail, lam, run_away, hightail_it, bunk, head_for_the_hills, take_to_the_woods, escape, fly_the_coop, break_away

· travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"

Hypernym(s): travel, journey

· hit a fly

Hypernym(s): hit

· decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"

Synonym(s): vanish, vaporize

Hypernym(s): decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

· moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"

Synonym(s): fast-flying

· hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

Synonym(s): quick, fast