flying

Plural: flyings

Noun

• The act or process of operating an aircraft.
• an instance of traveling by air
  • "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
• An act of flight.
• The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
• The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.

Verb

• travel through the air; be airborne
• move quickly or suddenly
• operate an airplane
• transport by aeroplane
• cause to fly or float
• be dispersed or disseminated
  • "Rumors and accusations are flying"
• change quickly from one emotional state to another
• pass away rapidly
• travel in an airplane
  • "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"
  • "Are we driving or flying?"
• display in the air or cause to float
• run away quickly
• travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
• hit a fly
• decrease rapidly and disappear
• present participle and gerund of fly

Adjective Satellite

• moving swiftly
  • "fast-flying planes"
  • "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
• hurried and brief
  • "paid a flying visit"
  • "took a flying glance at the book"

Adj

• That flies or can fly.
• Brief or hurried.
• Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.
• Not secured by yards.
• Capable of foiling.
• Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.

Examples

• a flying rumour
• flying column
• Flying ferries are the watercraft of the future!
• flying fox
• flying visit
• Her FLYING start in Words With Friends gave her a significant lead she never relinquished.

Synonyms

aviate, fast, fast-flying, fell, flee, flight, fly, pilot, quick, take flight, vanish, vaporize, wing, foiling, hydrofoiling

Antonyms

flightless

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