flying

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/ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/

adj 5noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

above, against, exploding, gigantic, high, low, over, overseas

The gigantic flying saucer descended slowly over the city center.

VERB + FLYING

advertising, came, clouds, cost, dream, flock, prefer, succeeded

The cost of flying to Europe has increased significantly over the past few years.

FLYING + NOUN

airplane, aloft, department, fox, glass, road, rumour, sky

We saw a flying fox hanging upside down from the tree branch at the zoo.

PREP.

about, across, after, among, down, in, in, through

Birds were flying across the sky when we stepped outside this morning.

ADV.

ever

I've never been flying before, but I'm excited about my trip next month.

Definitions

adj

That flies or can fly.

flying fox

a flying rumour

Brief or hurried.

flying visit

Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.

flying column

Not secured by yards.

Capable of foiling.

Flying ferries are the watercraft of the future!

noun

An act of flight.

"Flyings" could vary considerably in complexity and lavishness and could involve an actor or property being either lifted from the stage into the flies above or vice versa. As Colin Visser has observed, flyings and sinkings are both "associated with supernatural manifestations of various kinds" […]

The action or process of sustained motion through the air.

His seconde hawke wexyd gery And was with flyenge wery. She had flowyn so oft, That on the rode loft She perkyd her to rest.

The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an instance of traveling by air

flight

adjective — hurried and brief

adjective — moving swiftly

fast-flying

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

with flying colors

Extremely well; in an exceptional, noteworthy, or extraordinary manner.

He passed the test with flying colors, as everyone had expected.

flying visit

A very short visit.

My favorite novelist was on a flying visit to London last week for a book signing.

flying start

An especially good start.

The new restaurant got off to a flying start, packing out every night.

build the plane while flying it

To develop one's approach or strategy to a project while carrying out that project, and not beforehand.

Example Bank

flying fox

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a flying rumour

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in a sudden hail of exploding flying glass

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His seconde hawke wexyd gery And was with flyenge wery. She had flowyn so oft, That on the rode loft She perkyd her to rest.

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Do you ever dream about flying through the sky?

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