Word a Day
fly
What does fly mean?
fly (verb): to travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use fly in a sentence?
- Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- My airline needs me to get clearance before I can fly again. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce fly?
/flaɪ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fly come from?
From Middle English flei, fley, fleye, fleȝhenn, flien, fliȝe, flyen, flyyn, from Old English flēgan, flēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of fly?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “fly”?
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What does “fly” mean?
to travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface
Right! That's what “fly” means.
to cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it
Not quite: that's what pour means.
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
Not quite: that's what manage means.
to look within oneself to summon (a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage)
Not quite: that's what muster means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “fly”?
feel
Not quite: feel means something else.
give
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show
Not quite: show means something else.
wing
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