English Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

noun

(obsolete) The action of flying; flight. / An act of flying. / (baseball) A fly ball. / (American football) Short for fly route. / A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.

The fly of the bird was graceful.

意味（1）

(obsolete) The action of flying; flight.

意味（2）

An act of flying.

There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly.

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(baseball) A fly ball.

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(American football) Short for fly route.

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A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.

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(India, obsolete) The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent.

[T]he main part of the operation of pitching the tent, consisting of raising the flies, may be performed, and shelter afforded, without the walls, &c., being present.

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(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.

Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!

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The free edge of a flag.

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The horizontal length of a flag.

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(weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.

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The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

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(nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

to the fly of the compass, which before was made equal, I was still constrained to put some small piece of wire on the south part there

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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.

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Short for flywheel.

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(historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).

A fly carried him rapidly to Lady Clavering’s house from the station […]

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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..

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The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

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(weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

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(printing, historical) The person who took the printed sheets from the press.

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(printing, historical) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.

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One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.

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(cotton manufacture) waste cotton