FLIES

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NOUN
  • Definition - The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.
NOUN
  • Definition - Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
  • Definition - (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
  • Definition - Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
  • Definition - A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
  • Definition - A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
  • Definition - A witch's familiar.
  • Definition - A parasite.
  • Definition - The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)
  • Definition - (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
NOUN
  • Definition - The action of flying; flight.
  • Definition - An act of flying.
  • Example - There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly.
  • Definition - A fly ball.
  • Example - There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly.
  • Definition - A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised flys).
  • Example - There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly.
  • Definition - A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
  • Example - There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly.
  • Definition - (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - The free edge of a flag.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - The horizontal length of a flag.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See flywheel.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - A light horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
  • Definition - (cotton manufacture) waste cotton
  • Example - Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!
VERB
  • Definition - To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
  • Example - Jones flied to right in his last at-bat.
VERB
  • Definition - To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
  • Example - Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.
  • Definition - To flee, to escape (from).
  • Example - Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!
  • Definition - To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
  • Example - Birds fly their prey to their nest to feed it to their young.
  • Definition - (of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
  • Example - Let's see if that idea flies.
  • Definition - To travel very fast, hasten.
  • Example - Let's see if that idea flies.
  • Definition - To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
  • Example - a door flies open;  a bomb flies apart
  • Definition - To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
  • Example - a door flies open;  a bomb flies apart
  • Definition - To hunt with a hawk.
  • Example - a door flies open;  a bomb flies apart
NOUN
  • Definition - (rural) A wing.
  • Example - The bullet barely grazed the wild fowl's fly.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
files 8 flies 8
4 Letter Words
file 7 fils 7 lief 7 life 7 seif 7 self 7 isle 4 leis 4 lies 4
3 Letter Words
efs 6 elf 6 fes 6 fie 6 fil 6 ifs 6 els 3 lei 3 les 3 lie 3 lis 3 sei 3 sel 3
2 Letter Words
ef 5 fe 5 if 5 el 2 es 2 is 2 li 2 si 2
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