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fly  (flies plural & 3rd person present) (flying present participle) (flew past tense) (flown past participle )
1  n-count A fly is a small insect with two wings. There are many kinds of flies, and the most common are black in colour. 
2  verb When something such as a bird, insect, or aircraft flies, it moves through the air. 
The planes flew through the clouds...  V prep/adv 
3  verb If you fly somewhere, you travel there in an aircraft. 
He flew back to London...  V prep/adv 
4  verb When someone flies an aircraft, they control its movement in the air. 
Parker had successfully flown both aircraft...  V n 
♦  flying  n-uncount 
...a flying instructor.  
5  verb To fly someone or something somewhere means to take or send them there in an aircraft. 
The relief supplies are being flown from a warehouse in Pisa.  V n adv/prep 
6  verb If something such as your hair is flying about, it is moving about freely and loosely in the air. 
His long, uncovered hair flew back in the wind...  V adv/prep 
7  verb If you fly a flag or if it is flying, you display it at the top of a pole. 
They flew the flag of the African National Congress...  V n 
8  verb If you say that someone or something flies in a particular direction, you are emphasizing that they move there with a lot of speed or force., (emphasis)  I flew downstairs...  V prep/adv 
9  n-count The front opening on a pair of trousers is referred to as the fly, or in British English the flies. It usually consists of a zip or row of buttons behind a band of cloth. 
10 
 →  flying 
 →  tsetse fly 
11 If you say that someone wouldn't hurt a fly or wouldn't harm a fly, you are emphasizing that they are very kind and gentle. 
♦ wouldn't harm a fly  phrase 
 (emphasis)  ...a lovely girl, who would not have harmed a fly.  
12 If you let fly, you attack someone, either physically by hitting them, or with words by insulting them. 
♦ let fly  phrase 
A simmering row ended with her letting fly with a stream of obscenities.  
13 If you send someone or something flying or if they go flying, they move through the air and fall down with a lot of force. 
♦ send someone/something flying  phrase 
The blow sent the young man flying.  
14 If you say that you would like to be a fly on the wall in a situation that does not involve you, you mean that you would like to see or hear what happens in that situation. 
♦ fly on the wall  phrase 
What I'd give to be a fly on the wall when Davis finds out what's happened to his precious cargo.  
 →  fly-on-the-wall 
15 
 →  as the crow flies 
 →  crow 
 →  to fly in the face of 
 →  face 
 →  to fly the flag 
 →  flag 
 →  to fly off the handle 
 →  handle 
 →  a fly in the ointment 
 →  ointment 
 →  pigs might fly 
 →  pig 
 →  sparks fly 
 →  spark 
 →  time flies 
 →  time fly at  phrasal verb If you fly at someone, you attack them, either physically by hitting them, or with words by insulting them.  (=let fly at) 
She flew at him for making a very anti-British remark.  V P n fly into  phrasal verb If you fly into a bad temper or a panic, you suddenly become very angry or anxious and show this in your behaviour.