flies

Meanings

Noun

• (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
• two-winged insects characterized by active flight
• flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
• an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
• (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
• fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
• plural of fly
• The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.

Verb

• travel through the air; be airborne
• move quickly or suddenly
• operate an airplane
• transport by aeroplane
• cause to fly or float
• be dispersed or disseminated
• change quickly from one emotional state to another
• pass away rapidly
  • "Time flies like an arrow"
• travel in an airplane
• display in the air or cause to float
• run away quickly
• travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
• hit a fly
• decrease rapidly and disappear
• third-person singular simple present indicative of fly

Synonyms

aviate, fell, flee, fly, fly ball, fly front, fly sheet, pilot, rainfly, take flight, tent flap, tent-fly, vanish, vaporize, wing