Look up: fly

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   Fly
   Verb: scenery which is raised into the roof (flown out) or lowered on the stage (flown in). The apparatus for doing this consists of a series of ropes and pulleys in the "fly tower" (a very high roof space) and they raise or lower the scenery by means of a counterweight system or by directly pulling on "hemp lines". The men who operate the "flies" are called "flymen" and the area in which ...
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   Fly
   Cool, same as 'fresh'. Early hip-hop term.
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   [adj] - (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked 2. [n] - fisherman`s lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect 3. [n] - an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth 4. [n] - two-winged insects characterized by active flight 5. [n] - (baseball) a hit that flies high in the air 6. [v] - display in the air or cause to float 7. [v] - pass away rapidly 8. [v] - fly a plane 9. [v] - travel through the air 10. [v] - cause to fly or float 11. [v] - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft 12. [v] - move quickly or suddenly 13. [v] - travel in an airplane 14. [v] - be dispersed or disseminated 15. [v] - transport by aeroplane 16. [v] - hit a fly, in baseball 17. [v] - change quickly from one emotional state to another
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   Fly
   To lift above the level of the stage floor by means of sets of lines from the grid. The term flies is also used as an abbreviation for fly gallery.
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   Fly
   is the free end of a flag, farthest from the staff. The term is also used for the horizontal length of the flag.
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   Fly
   A sheet folded once to make four pages.
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   Waste fibres that fly out into the atmosphere during carding,drawing,spinning,and other processes. Category: Various industries and crafts • to hang scenery...above the stage by means of lines...so that it may be raised into the flies...or lowered into view Category: General
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   Fly
   Fly (flī) intransitive verb [ imperfect Flew (flū); past participle Flown (flōn); present participle & verbal noun Flying .] [ Middle English fleen , fleen , fleyen , flegen , Anglo-Saxon fleógan ; akin to Dutch vliegen , Old High German ...
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   Fly transitive verb 1. To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc. « The brave black flag I fly .» W. S. Gilbert. 2. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid. « Sleep flies the wretch.» Dryden. « To fly the favors of so good a king.» Shak. 3. To hunt with a hawk ...
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    Fly
    Fly noun ; plural Flies (flīz). [ Middle English flie , flege , Anglo-Saxon flȳge , fleóge , from fleógan to fly; akin to Dutch vlieg , Old High German flioga , German fliege , Icelandic & Swedish fluga , Danish flue . √ 84. See Fly , intransitive verb ] ...
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    Fly adjective Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning. [ Slang] Dickens.
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    Fly transitive verb To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an aëroplane.
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    Fly noun (Cotton Manuf.) Waste cotton.
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    1. To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird. ... 2. To move through the air or before the wind; especially, to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse. ... 3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag. ' Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.' (Job v. 7) ... 4. To move or pass swiftly; to has ...
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    adjective (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
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    fly front noun an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
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    fly ball noun (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
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    noun two-winged insects characterized by active flight
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    wing verb travel through the air; be airborne; `Man cannot fly`
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    verb transport by aeroplane; `We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America`
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    verb display in the air or cause to float; `fly a kite`; `All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.`
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    pilot verb fly a plane
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    verb decrease rapidly and disappear; `the money vanished in las Vegas`; `all my stock assets have vaporized`
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    True `flies` are insects of the Order `Diptera` (Greek: `di` = two, and `pteron` = wing), possessing a single pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax. The common housefly is a true fly and is one of the most widely distributed of animals. The presence of a single pair of wings distinguishes true flies from other insects with `fly` in their name, such as mayflies, dragonflies, damself...
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    (fli) any of a large group of dipterous (two-winged) insects; many species are vectors of organisms causing disease. deer fly Chrysops discalis. tsetse fly , tzetze fly a fly of the genus Glossina, the transmitter of trypanosomiasis.
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