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fly
Overview of noun fly
The noun fly has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (6) fly -- (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)
2. (1) tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap -- (flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent)
3. (1) fly, fly front -- (an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth)
4. (1) fly, fly ball -- ((baseball) a hit that flies up in the air)
5. fly -- (fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect)
Overview of verb fly
The verb fly has 14 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)
1. (33) fly, wing -- (travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly")
2. (9) fly -- (move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place")
3. (5) fly, aviate, pilot -- (fly a plane)
4. (3) fly -- (transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America")
5. (2) fly -- (cause to fly or float; "fly a kite")
6. (2) fly -- (be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying")
7. (2) fly -- (change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage")
8. (1) fly, fell, vanish -- (pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him")
9. (1) fly -- (travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?")
10. fly -- (display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.")
11. flee, fly, take flight -- (run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled")
12. fly -- (travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic")
13. fly -- (hit a fly)
14. vanish, fly, vaporize -- (decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized")
Overview of adj fly
The adj fly has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fly -- ((British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fly
5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
=> dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
=> insect
=> arthropod
=> invertebrate
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap
=> flap
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
fly, fly front
=> opening
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
fly, fly ball
=> hit, hitting, striking
=> touch, touching
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
fly
=> fisherman's lure, fish lure
=> bait, decoy, lure
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fly
3 of 5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
=> housefly, house fly, Musca domestica
=> tsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze, glossina
=> blowfly, blow fly
=> flesh fly, Sarcophaga carnaria
=> tachina fly
=> gadfly
=> bee fly
=> horn fly, Haematobia irritans
Sense 4
fly, fly ball
=> blast
=> pop fly, pop-fly, pop-up
=> liner, line drive
=> flare
=> Texas leaguer
Sense 5
fly
=> dry fly
=> streamer fly
=> wet fly
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fly
5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
=> dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
Sense 2
tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap
=> flap
Sense 3
fly, fly front
=> opening
Sense 4
fly, fly ball
=> hit, hitting, striking
Sense 5
fly
=> fisherman's lure, fish lure
Antonyms of noun fly
Member Holonyms of noun fly
1 of 5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
MEMBER OF: Diptera, order Diptera
Substance Holonyms of noun fly
Part Holonyms of noun fly
2 of 5 senses of fly
Sense 2
tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap
PART OF: fly tent
Sense 3
fly, fly front
PART OF: garment
Member Meronyms of noun fly
Substance Meronyms of noun fly
Part Meronyms of noun fly
1 of 5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
HAS PART: alula, calypter
Meronyms of noun fly
1 of 5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
HAS PART: alula, calypter
Holonyms of noun fly
3 of 5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
MEMBER OF: Diptera, order Diptera
Sense 2
tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap
PART OF: fly tent
Sense 3
fly, fly front
PART OF: garment
Attributes of noun fly
Derived Forms of noun fly
2 of 5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
RELATED TO>(verb) fly#1
=> fly, wing
Sense 4
fly, fly ball
RELATED TO>(verb) fly#13
=> fly
Domain of noun fly
1 of 5 senses of fly
Sense 4
fly, fly ball
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of noun fly
Familiarity of noun fly
fly used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fly
5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
> dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
=> gall midge, gallfly, gall gnat
=> fly
=> robber fly, bee killer
=> fruit fly, pomace fly
=> louse fly, hippoboscid
=> mosquito
=> gnat
=> fungus gnat
=> fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid
=> crane fly, daddy longlegs
Sense 2
tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap
> flap
=> barndoor
=> coattail
=> codpiece
=> earflap, earlap
=> jag, dag
=> lap, overlap
=> pocket flap
=> tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap
=> tongue
Sense 3
fly, fly front
> opening
=> aperture
=> bell
=> breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube
=> exit, issue, outlet, way out
=> fly, fly front
=> gap, crack
=> gun muzzle, muzzle
=> hole
=> intake
=> interstice
=> lunette, fenestella
=> mouth
=> neck, neck opening
=> pass-through
=> port, embrasure, porthole
=> slit
=> spout
=> throat
=> wicket, lattice, grille
=> window
=> window
Sense 4
fly, fly ball
> hit, hitting, striking
=> contusion
=> crash, smash
=> bunt
=> fly, fly ball
=> grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper
=> header
=> scorcher, screamer
=> plunk, plunker
Sense 5
fly
> fisherman's lure, fish lure
=> fly
=> jig
=> spinner
=> troll
Meronyms of noun fly
5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
HAS PART: alula, calypter
=> dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
HAS PART: halter, haltere, balancer
=> insect
HAS PART: clypeus
HAS PART: wing
HAS PART: bastard wing, alula, spurious wing
HAS PART: flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather
HAS PART: ala
HAS PART: air sac
HAS PART: thorax
HAS PART: mentum
=> arthropod
HAS PART: sclerite
HAS PART: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield
HAS PART: apodeme
HAS PART: arthromere
HAS PART: thorax
=> invertebrate
HAS PART: foot, invertebrate foot
HAS PART: peristome
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
HAS SUBSTANCE: animal tissue
HAS PART: head, caput
HAS PART: muzzle
HAS PART: snout, neb
HAS PART: ear
HAS PART: vestibule of the ear
HAS PART: eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa
HAS PART: umbo
HAS PART: organ of hearing
HAS PART: fenestra
HAS PART: auricular artery, arteria auricularis
HAS PART: basilar artery, arteria basilaris
HAS PART: brain, encephalon
HAS PART: circle of Willis
HAS PART: communicating artery, arteria communicans
HAS PART: brain cell
HAS PART: neencephalon, neoencephalon
HAS PART: forebrain, prosencephalon
HAS PART: peduncle, cerebral peduncle
HAS PART: corpus callosum
HAS PART: telencephalon
HAS PART: cerebrum
HAS PART: fissure of Rolando, Rolando's fissure, central sulcus, sulcus centralis
HAS PART: fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri
HAS PART: hemisphere, cerebral hemisphere
HAS PART: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex
HAS PART: Golgi's cell, Golgi cell
HAS PART: cortical area, cortical region
HAS PART: frontal lobe
HAS PART: frontal area, frontal cortex
HAS PART: frontal gyrus
HAS PART: precentral gyrus
HAS PART: prefrontal lobe
HAS PART: parietal lobe
HAS PART: parietal gyrus
HAS PART: postcentral gyrus
HAS PART: occipital lobe
HAS PART: calcarine sulcus, calcarine fissure
HAS PART: occipital gyrus
HAS PART: temporal lobe
HAS PART: temporal gyrus
HAS PART: amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum
HAS PART: gyrus, convolution
HAS PART: diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
HAS PART: mamillary body, mammillary body, corpus mamillare
HAS PART: infundibulum
HAS PART: third eye, pineal eye
HAS PART: optic nerve, nervus opticus, second cranial nerve, optic tract
HAS PART: pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis
HAS PART: hypophyseal stalk
HAS PART: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, adenohypophysis
HAS PART: pars distilis, pars anterior
HAS PART: posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
HAS PART: pars intermedia
HAS PART: basal ganglion
HAS PART: thalamus
HAS PART: geniculate body
HAS PART: subthalamus
HAS PART: subthalamic nucleus
HAS PART: hypothalamus
HAS PART: midbrain, mesencephalon
HAS PART: substantia nigra, nucleus niger, locus niger
HAS PART: superior colliculus
HAS PART: inferior colliculus
HAS PART: hindbrain, rhombencephalon
HAS PART: cerebellum
HAS PART: cerebellar artery, arteria cerebelli
HAS PART: cerebellar hemisphere
HAS PART: dentate nucleus
HAS PART: vermis, vermis cerebelli
HAS PART: paleocerebellum
HAS PART: myelencephalon
HAS PART: brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem
HAS PART: medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb
HAS PART: respiratory center
HAS PART: pons, pons Varolii
HAS PART: respiratory center
HAS PART: reticular formation, RF
HAS PART: reticular activating system, RAS
HAS PART: ventricle
HAS PART: spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid
HAS PART: skull
HAS PART: craniometric point
HAS PART: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum
HAS PART: jugale, jugal point
HAS PART: zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus
HAS PART: zygomatic process
HAS PART: sphenoid bone, sphenoid, os sphenoidale
HAS PART: crotaphion
HAS PART: pterygoid process
HAS PART: eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
HAS PART: lacrimal bone
HAS PART: endocranium
HAS PART: cranium, braincase, brainpan
HAS PART: asterion
HAS PART: stephanion
HAS PART: ethmoid, ethmoid bone
HAS PART: temporal bone, os temporale
HAS PART: glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa
HAS PART: tympanic bone
HAS PART: mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal
HAS PART: mastoidale
HAS PART: styloid process
HAS PART: calvaria, skullcap
HAS PART: frontal bone, os frontale, forehead
HAS PART: glabella, mesophyron
HAS PART: metopion
HAS PART: ophryon
HAS PART: frontal eminence
HAS PART: parietal bone
HAS PART: entomion
HAS PART: sphenion
HAS PART: occipital bone
HAS PART: inion
HAS PART: occipital protuberance
HAS PART: coronal suture, sutura coronalis
HAS PART: frontal suture, sutura frontalis
HAS PART: lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea
HAS PART: occipitomastoid suture
HAS PART: parietomastoid suture
HAS PART: sagittal suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis
HAS PART: fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot
HAS PART: foramen magnum
HAS PART: jaw
HAS PART: alveolar arch
HAS PART: alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process
HAS PART: tooth socket, alveolus
HAS PART: alveolar artery, arteria alveolaris
HAS PART: vomer
HAS PART: face, human face
HAS PART: beard, face fungus, whiskers
HAS PART: mustache, moustache
HAS PART: mouth
HAS PART: mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
HAS PART: dentition, teeth
HAS PART: tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper
HAS PART: tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: taste cell, gustatory cell
HAS PART: buccal cavity
HAS PART: gingiva, gum
HAS PART: palate, roof of the mouth
HAS PART: tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: taste cell, gustatory cell
HAS PART: soft palate, velum
HAS PART: uvula
HAS PART: hard palate
HAS PART: salivary gland
HAS PART: saliva, spit, spittle
HAS PART: lip
HAS PART: labial artery, arteria labialis
HAS PART: labial vein, vena labialis
HAS PART: lingual artery, arteria lingualis
HAS PART: lingual vein, vena lingualis
HAS PART: eye, oculus, optic
HAS PART: choroid, choroid coat
HAS PART: ciliary body
HAS PART: eyelid, lid, palpebra
HAS PART: eyelash, lash, cilium
HAS PART: conjunctiva
HAS PART: canthus
HAS PART: epicanthus, epicanthic fold
HAS PART: nictitating membrane, third eyelid
HAS PART: conjunctiva
HAS PART: eyeball, orb
HAS PART: ocular muscle, eye muscle
HAS PART: cornea
HAS PART: uvea
HAS PART: iris
HAS PART: pupil
HAS PART: lens, crystalline lens
HAS PART: lens capsule
HAS PART: central artery of the retina, arteria centralis retinae
HAS PART: ciliary artery, arteria ciliaris
HAS PART: lacrimal artery, arteria lacrimalis
HAS PART: lacrimal vein, vena lacrimalis
HAS PART: lacrimal apparatus
HAS PART: lacrimal gland, lachrymal gland, tear gland
HAS PART: lacrimal duct, lachrymal duct, tear duct
HAS PART: lacrimal sac, tear sac, dacryocyst
HAS PART: retina
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: fovea, fovea centralis
HAS PART: parafovea
HAS PART: macula, macula lutea, macular area, yellow spot
HAS PART: visual cell
HAS PART: blind spot, optic disc, optic disk
HAS PART: cone, cone cell, retinal cone
HAS PART: iodopsin
HAS PART: rod, rod cell, retinal rod
HAS PART: visual purple, rhodopsin, retinal purple
HAS PART: sclera, sclerotic coat
HAS PART: pupillary sphincter, musculus sphincter pupillae
HAS PART: aperture
HAS PART: eyebrow, brow, supercilium
HAS PART: venae palpebrales
HAS PART: facial vein, vena facialis
HAS PART: facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve
HAS PART: nose, olfactory organ
HAS PART: turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal
HAS PART: ethmoidal artery, arteria ethmoidalis
HAS PART: nasal cavity
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: internasal suture, sutura internasalis
HAS PART: bridge
HAS PART: nasal, nasal bone, os nasale
HAS PART: rhinion
HAS PART: nostril, anterior naris
HAS PART: chin, mentum
HAS PART: goatee
HAS PART: feature, lineament
HAS PART: facial muscle
HAS PART: brow, forehead
HAS PART: trichion, crinion
HAS PART: cheek
HAS PART: cheek muscle, buccinator muscle, musculus buccinator
HAS PART: buccal artery, arteria buccalis
HAS PART: jowl
HAS PART: jaw
HAS PART: temple
HAS PART: face
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap
=> flap
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 3
fly, fly front
=> opening
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
fly
=> fisherman's lure, fish lure
=> bait, decoy, lure
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun fly
3 of 5 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly
MEMBER OF: Diptera, order Diptera
MEMBER OF: Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda
MEMBER OF: Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda
MEMBER OF: Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
Sense 2
tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap
PART OF: fly tent
Sense 3
fly, fly front
PART OF: garment
Grep of noun fly
alder fly
alderfly
american fly honeysuckle
antlion fly
bar fly
bee fly
black fly
blackfly
blow fly
blowfly
botfly
brush-footed butterfly
butterfly
cabbage butterfly
caddice-fly
caddice fly
caddis-fly
caddis fly
catchfly
chalcid fly
chalcidfly
chalcis fly
citrus whitefly
comma butterfly
crane fly
damselfly
danaid butterfly
dayfly
deer fly fever
dobson fly
dobsonfly
dragonfly
dry fly
emperor butterfly
european fly honeysuckle
firefly
fish-fly
fish fly
flesh fly
fly
fly-by
fly-by-night
fly-fishing
fly agaric
fly ash
fly ball
fly bridge
fly casting
fly front
fly honeysuckle
fly in the ointment
fly orchid
fly poison
fly rod
fly sheet
fly tent
flybridge
flycatcher
flycatching warbler
flyer
flying
flying bird
flying boat
flying bomb
flying bridge
flying buttress
flying carpet
flying cat
flying colors
flying colours
flying dragon
flying drainpipe
flying dutchman
flying field
flying fish
flying fox
flying gecko
flying gurnard
flying jib
flying lemur
flying lizard
flying mare
flying marmot
flying mouse
flying opossum
flying phalanger
flying reptile
flying robin
flying saucer
flying school
flying squad
flying squirrel
flying start
flyleaf
flyover
flypaper
flypast
flyspeck
flyswat
flyswatter
flytrap
flyway
flyweight
flywheel
four-footed butterfly
fruit fly
gadfly
gallfly
golden-eyed fly
greenbottle fly
greenfly
greenhouse whitefly
hairstreak butterfly
hanging fly
harvest fly
hemerobiid fly
hessian fly
horn fly
horse botfly
horse fly
horsefly
house fly
housefly
human botfly
ichneumon fly
lacewing fly
lantern-fly
lantern fly
long fly
louse fly
lycaenid butterfly
mayfly
medfly
mediterranean fruit fly
milkweed butterfly
monarch butterfly
mourning cloak butterfly
nymphalid butterfly
peacock butterfly
pierid butterfly
pomace fly
pop-fly
pop fly
rainfly
ringlet butterfly
robber fly
sacrifice fly
sand fly
sandfly
sawfly
scorpion fly
shadfly
sheep botfly
sheep gadfly
shoo fly
shoofly
snakefly
southern cabbage butterfly
spanish fly
spongefly
spongillafly
stink fly
stone fly
stonefly
streamer fly
sulfur butterfly
sulphur butterfly
swamp fly honeysuckle
sweet-potato whitefly
tachina fly
tent-fly
tortoiseshell butterfly
tsetse fly
tzetze fly
vinegar fly
warble fly
wet fly
whitefly
Antonyms of verb fly
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fly
14 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly, wing
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
fly
=> move
Sense 3
fly, aviate, pilot
=> operate, control
=> manipulate
=> handle, palm
=> touch
Sense 4
fly
=> transport, carry
=> move, displace
Sense 5
fly
Sense 6
fly
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 7
fly
=> change
Sense 8
fly, fell, vanish
=> elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 9
fly
=> travel
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 10
fly
=> show
Sense 11
flee, fly, take flight
=> 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
=> leave, go forth, go away
Sense 12
fly
=> travel, journey
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 13
fly
=> hit
=> propel, impel
=> move, displace
Sense 14
vanish, fly, vaporize
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fly
6 of 14 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly, wing
=> buzz
=> rack
=> flight
=> fly on
=> soar
=> hover
Sense 3
fly, aviate, pilot
=> fly blind
=> fly contact
=> solo
=> test fly
=> jet
=> glide
=> hydroplane, seaplane
=> balloon
=> hedgehop, flat-hat
=> hang glide, soar
Sense 4
fly
=> airlift, lift
Sense 5
fly
=> kite
Sense 9
fly
=> red-eye
Sense 11
flee, fly, take flight
=> break
=> stampede
=> abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off
=> elope, run off
=> escape, get away, break loose
=> high-tail
=> defect, desert
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fly
14 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly, wing
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
fly
=> move
Sense 3
fly, aviate, pilot
=> operate, control
Sense 4
fly
=> transport, carry
Sense 5
fly
Sense 6
fly
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 7
fly
=> change
Sense 8
fly, fell, vanish
=> elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
Sense 9
fly
=> travel
Sense 10
fly
=> show
Sense 11
flee, fly, take flight
=> 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
Sense 12
fly
=> travel, journey
Sense 13
fly
=> hit
Sense 14
vanish, fly, vaporize
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
'Cause To' of verb fly
1 of 14 senses of fly
Sense 5
fly
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
Derived Forms of verb fly
6 of 14 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly, wing
RELATED TO>(noun) fly#1
=> fly
RELATED TO>(noun) flyer#2
=> flier, flyer
RELATED TO>(noun) flier#1
=> flier, flyer
RELATED TO>(noun) flying#1
=> flight, flying
Sense 3
fly, aviate, pilot
RELATED TO>(noun) flyer#3
=> aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer
RELATED TO>(noun) flier#2
=> aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer
RELATED TO>(noun) flying#1
=> flight, flying
Sense 4
fly
RELATED TO>(noun) flying#1
=> flight, flying
Sense 9
fly
RELATED TO>(noun) flyer#2
=> flier, flyer
RELATED TO>(noun) flier#1
=> flier, flyer
RELATED TO>(noun) flying#1
=> flight, flying
Sense 12
fly
RELATED TO>(noun) flying#1
=> flight, flying
Sense 13
fly
RELATED TO>(noun) fly#4
=> fly, fly ball
Domain of verb fly
3 of 14 senses of fly
Sense 3
fly, aviate, pilot
TOPIC>(noun) air travel#1, aviation#4, air#2
TOPIC>(noun) aircraft#1
Sense 9
fly
TOPIC>(noun) air travel#1, aviation#4, air#2
Sense 13
fly
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of verb fly
Familiarity of verb fly
fly used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =14)
Sample Sentences of verb fly
14 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly, wing
EX: Some big birds fly in the tree
EX: There fly some big birds in the tree
Sense 2
fly
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
fly, aviate, pilot
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
fly
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
fly
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
fly
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 7
fly
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 8
fly, fell, vanish
*> Something ----s
Sense 9
fly
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 10
fly
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 11
flee, fly, take flight
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 12
fly
EX: These men fly the river
Sense 13
fly
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 14
vanish, fly, vaporize
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fly
13 of 14 senses of fly
Sense 1
fly, wing
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 2
fly
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 3
fly, aviate, pilot
> operate, control
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> dial
=> turn
=> submarine
=> treadle
=> relay
=> gate
=> pedal
=> drive
=> fly, aviate, pilot
Sense 4
fly
> transport, carry
=> shoulder
=> port
=> bear
=> bucket
=> return
=> pipe in
=> port
=> porter
=> pack
=> cart
=> fly
=> haul
=> lug, tote, tug
=> chariot
=> bring, convey, take
Sense 6
fly
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 7
fly
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 8
fly, fell, vanish
> elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
=> fly, fell, vanish
Sense 9
fly
> travel
=> fly
=> hop
=> ride
Sense 10
fly
> show
=> give
=> peep
=> project
=> do justice
=> flash
=> screen
=> expose, exhibit, display
=> fly
=> uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal
=> show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate
=> define, delineate
Sense 11
flee, fly, take flight
> 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
=> flee, fly, take flight
=> skedaddle
Sense 12
fly
> travel, journey
=> sail
=> ship
=> ride
=> fly
=> cruise
Sense 13
fly
> hit
=> play
=> foul
=> cannon
=> clap
=> ground out
=> toe
=> shank
=> pitch
=> fly
=> snap
=> whang
=> undercut
=> putt
=> heel
=> toe
=> bunker
=> bounce
=> backhand
=> pop
=> follow through
=> shell
=> ground
=> ground
=> top
=> pull
=> kill
=> kill
=> connect
=> drive
=> drive
=> hole, hole out
=> bunt, drag a bunt
=> snick
=> racket
=> dribble, carry
=> slice
=> hook
=> single
=> double
=> triple
=> smash
=> shoot
=> volley
=> croquet
=> loft
Sense 14
vanish, fly, vaporize
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fly
Sense 1
fly, wing
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
fly, aviate, pilot
=> operate, control
Sense 4
fly
=> transport, carry
Sense 9
fly
=> travel
Sense 12
fly
=> travel, journey
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Sense 5
fly
Sense 10
fly
=> show
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Sense 8
fly, fell, vanish
=> elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
Sense 14
vanish, fly, vaporize
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 2
fly
=> move
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Sense 6
fly
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 7
fly
=> change
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Sense 11
flee, fly, take flight
=> 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
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Sense 13
fly
=> hit
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Grep of verb fly
butterfly
fly
fly-fish
fly blind
fly by
fly contact
fly high
fly in the face of
fly in the teeth of
fly off the handle
fly on
fly open
fly the coop
flyfish
let fly
overfly
test fly
Antonyms of adj fly
1 sense of fly
Sense 1
fly
INDIRECT (VIA alert) -> unalert
Similarity of adj fly
1 sense of fly
Sense 1
fly
=> alert (vs. unalert)
Pertainyms of adj fly
Attributes of adj fly
Domain of adj fly
1 sense of fly
Sense 1
fly
REGION>(noun) United Kingdom#1, UK#1, U.K.#1, Great Britain#1, GB#4, Britain#1, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland#1
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adj fly
Familiarity of adj fly
fly used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj fly
fly
fly-by-night
flyaway
flyblown
flying
flyspeck
sniffly
snuffly
Grep of adv fly
bluffly
briefly
chiefly
gruffly
on the fly
stiffly
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