Fly
//flaɪ//
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The word "fly" can be used as noun, verb, adjective, proper noun and adjective.
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Bill Gates' flower fly Brues' soldier fly Hessian fly Japanese flying squid Malabar flying frog Malaysian flying lemur March fly Mediterranean fruit fly Mydas fly Nairobi fly Paul Allen's flower fly Philippine flying lemur Siberian flying squirrel Spanish fly St. Mark's fly Sunda flying lemur Venus fly trap a closed mouth catches no flies adder fly afly alderfly alkali fly and no flies antifly apple fly as the crow flies as the gull flies as the raven flies assassin fly awl-fly backspot flying fish banana fly bar fly bat fly bee fly beetfly befly big fly black fly blind-fly blister fly blow fly blue fly bobfly bot fly bottlefly break a fly on a wheel break a fly on the wheel break a fly upon a wheel break a fly upon the wheel breezefly brine fly build the plane while flying it bull-fly burrel fly bush fly cabbage fly canker fly carrot fly carrot rust fly catchfly cheese fly cluster fly coffin fly corn fly could eat the arse out of a low flying duck could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck could eat the crutch from a low flying duck crane fly dance fly dayfly dead fly biscuit deer fly deer fly fever deerfly die like flies dobsonfly dogfly dolphin fly don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly drink with the flies dry fly dungfly eggfly eye fly face fly fairyfly fill and fly fire-fly fishfly flag-flying flesh fly flesh-fly fleshfly flower fly flower-fly fly a desk fly agaric fly amanita fly and flop fly apart fly ash fly at fly baker fly ball fly belt fly biscuit fly blind fly bomb fly box fly by fly by the seat of one's pants fly fishing fly fungus fly grazing fly half fly high fly in fly in the buttermilk fly in the face of fly in the ointment fly into fly killer fly line fly low fly off fly off the shelves fly on the wall fly orchid fly out fly out of the blocks fly out of the traps fly paper fly powder fly rail fly rod fly screen fly sheet fly slip fly spray fly swat fly swatter fly system fly the blue pigeon fly the coop fly the flag fly the freak flag fly the kite fly the nest fly too close to the sun fly under the radar fly up fly upon fly window fly with leaden wings fly without a licence fly-ass fly-bitten fly-blown fly-boat fly-bombed fly-box fly-boy fly-by-light fly-by-night fly-by-nighter fly-by-wire fly-catcher fly-coach fly-fish fly-fishing fly-grazing fly-in fly-in fly-out fly-over fly-paper fly-papered fly-past fly-pitch fly-pitcher fly-poster fly-posting fly-rod fly-sheet fly-through fly-tip fly-tipper fly-tipping fly-under flyable flyaway flyback flybane flybar flyblow flyblown flyboat flybook flyboy flybridge flyby flycatch flycatcher flycatching flycop flycraft flycrank flyer flyey flyfish flyfisher flyfisherman flyflap flyflapper flyhawk flying ace flying army flying bishop flying bomb flying brick flying bridge flying camp flying car flying carp flying carpet flying cat flying circus flying coffin flying colors flying colours flying disc flying disc golf flying doctor flying dragon flying fig flying freehold flying frog flying fuck flying ginny flying gurnard flying handkerchief flying helmet flying jenny flying jib flying jib boom flying kiss flying knee flying lap flying lemur flying machine flying mare flying meet flying monkeys flying mouse flying ointment flying party flying phalanger flying picket flying purple people eater flying purple people-eater flying rat flying rod flying rowan flying saucer group flying school flying shot flying sport flying stationer flying toilet flying wedge flying white flying wing flyleaf flyless flyloft flymaker flyman flymph flyness flynet flyoff flyout flyover flypaper flypast flyperson flypost flyproof flyrobin flyrod flyscreen flysheet flyspeck flystrike flystruck flyswat flyswatter flythrough flytime flytrap flyunder flyway flyweight flywheel flywhisk flywire flyworthy forest fly free-fly freeloader fly frit fly froth-fly fruit flies like a banana fruitfly fur-flying garbage fly give a flying fuck glow fly go fly a kite gout fly green bottle fly griffinfly harm a fly harvest fly hawk-fly hawthorn fly high-flying hippo fly honey catches more flies than vinegar honeymoon fly hop fly hornet fly horse bot fly horse fly horse-fly hover-fly hurt a fly ichneumon fly if pigs had wings, they would fly in flying colors in flying colours infield fly infield fly rule keep the flag flying kiss and fly kite flying lady-fly lake fly lanternfly lanthorn-fly leaf-miner fly let fly like a blue-arsed fly like flies on a rib roast like flies on pie long-legged fly lord of the flies louse fly make the dust fly make the feathers fly make the fur fly mango fly mantidfly mantisfly meat fly mistfly monkeys might fly out of my butt muck fly night fly no flies on no fly list no-fly no-fly list no-fly zone non-flying noon fly olive fly olive fruit fly on the fly on-the-fly onion fly orl fly outfly overfly owlfly oxfly palmfly penis fly trap petroleum fly phantom crane fly picture-winged fly pigs can fly pigs may fly pigs might fly pilot flying pilot not flying pop fly potato fly rail fly refly robber fly robberfly root fly rust fly sac fly sacrifice fly scorpionfly scuttle fly sedge fly sewer fly shadfly shoo-fly pie shoo-fly plant shoofly pie shoot fly shore fly smother-fly snakefly snipe fly snow fly soldier fly sparks fly speed flying spider fly squashed fly biscuit stable fly stalk-eyed fly stiletto fly stonefly straighten up and fly right sugarcane soldier fly superfly syrphus fly take a flying fuck at a rolling donut take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut take a flying leap test-fly the feathers fly the fur flies timber fly time flies time flies like an arrow time flies when you're having fun tsetse fly tumbu fly turnip fly unidentified flying object upfly upwing fly urfly watch the feathers fly watch the fur fly wet fly whame fly wheat fly when pigs can fly when pigs fly willow fly window fly with flying colors with flying colours wouldn't harm a fly wouldn't hurt a fly yogic flying you attract more flies with honey than vinegar you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar you catch more flies with honey than vinegar you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
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Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
break away bunk carry cause change control decrease diminish dipteran dipteron dipterous insect elapse escape fall fish lure fisherman's lure flap fly the coop get glide by go go along go by have head for the hills hightail it hit hit hitting induce journey lam lapse lessen locomote make move opening operate pass run run away scarper scat show slide by slip away slip by stimulate striking take to the woods transport travel turn tail two-winged insects
Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)
barfly blackfly blowfly blue-banded eggfly botfly butterfly cabbage root fly caddis fly cranefly damselfly dragonfly drain fly firefly fly a kite fly into a rage fly like a bird fly like a rock fly like the wind fly off the handle fly out the window fly solo fly-eyed flying cone fruit fly gadfly grape fly greenfly horn fly horsefly housefly hoverfly march fly mayfly moth fly overfly phorid fly pomace fly reverse fly sand fly sandfly sawfly tachina fly vinegar fly warble fly whitefly wine fly
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above above ground accepted action activity aerial aerial motion aerial movement aeroplane aeroplane action air air action air motion air movement air pest air propulsion air travel air walking airborne airplane airplane action airplane motion airplanes airplanes do alert animal annoying annoying buzz annoying insect annoying picnic arm around aviation axis become become airborne bee big big eyes bird bird action bird activity bird do bird kite bird movement bird talent bird thing birds birds action birds can birds do birds doings birds locomotion birds motion birds process birds sailing black black small bobbin bootee bothersome bothersome insect bug butterfly butterfly stroke buzz buzz around buzzing buzzing insect can carriage chest come about compass compass card cotton cry dance diptera dirty dirty insect do doings dragonfly dress dry edge escape exercise eyes familiar fanner flag flapping flapping wings flee flight fly agaric fly ball fly wheel flye flys food forensic entomology garbage gas gnat ground has has wings have have wings hawk high horizontal horses house house insect house pest housefly household household pest hunt in air in plane in sky inertia insect insect bug insect household insect movement insect movie insect wings kite kites knitting latch legs length like like bug line locomotion lure malaria malaria insect many eyes midge mosquito motion movement movie moving muscidae need need wings no flies on nuisance nuisance insect on horses on wall on wings opening pants parasite pesky pesky insect pest picnic plane plane action plane travel planes planes birds planes do power press process propulsion quick witted resemble sailing shake sharp shed shorter shuttle six six legs sky sky movement sky swimming small small bug small insect soar soar upwards soaring spiders spiders get spinning frame spinning wheel spy superman superman can superman power swatter swatting swimming talent tent through through air tie transport transportation travel trouser trouser zipper trousers true fly try underpants upwards use use wings vacuum vane walking wall waste what what birds wing wing flapping winged winged bug winged insect wings witch with wings work out wouldn't hurt fly yarn zipper
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