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Look up: flying

  1. flying
    [adj] - capable of or engaged in flight 2. [adj] - designed for swift movement or action 3. [adj] - of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation 4. [adj] - hurried and brief 5. [adj] - done swiftly in or as if in the air
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Flying
    Fly'ing adjective [ From Fly , intransitive verb ] Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement. Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm. Farrow. -- Flying artillery (Mil.) , < ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/51

  3. flying
    Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement. ... <astronomy> Flying army, a torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at night. ... Origin: From Fly. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. flying
    quick adjective hurried and brief; `paid a flying visit`; `took a flying glance at the book`; `a quick inspection`; `a fast visit`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. flying
    adjective done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; `a flying start`; `crossed the goal line with a flying leap`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. flying
    adjective of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation); `a flying time of three hours between cities`; `unidentified flying objects`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. flying
    adjective designed for swift movement or action; `a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. flying
    adjective capable of or engaged in flight; `the bat is a flying animal`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Flying
    `Flying` is the act or process of `flight`. The term may also refer to: *Aviation *`Flying` (magazine), an aviation monthly *`Flying` (song), an instrumental song by the Beatles *`Flying`, a song by James Newton Howard on the 2003 `Peter Pan` soundtrack *Flying (1986 film), a 1986 Canada film *`Flying` (book), a memoir by Kate Millett *`Flying` (blog), a blog by a freight pilot *The name of several record labels: ** Flying Fish Records ** Flyi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying

  10. Flying
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fly • (v. i.) Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. Flying
    (from the article `Millett, Kate`) The celebrity came at a personal cost, as Millett revealed in a 1974 autobiographical work, Flying, which explains the torment she suffered as a ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/41

  12. flying
    1. an instance of traveling by air
    2. travel through the air; be airborne
    3. move quickly or suddenly
    4. transport by aeroplane
    5. be dispersed or disseminated
    6. change quickly from one emotional state to another
    7. pass away rapidly
    8. travel in an airplane
    9. display in the air or cause to float
    10. to run away
    11. travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
    12. decrease rapidly, as o...
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23 November 2009

This day in history:
At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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