Fly
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- (To move swiftly, to make or cause to fly, to move through the air on wings or in aircraft) birds fly ហើរ, airplanes fly ហោះ, leaves fly in the wind ប៉ើង, ហើរ, (hair) flying (in the wind) រសាយ, ប៉ើង, cars fly down the street ទៅយ៉ាងលឿន
noun — Plural: Flies
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- (a flying, a onehorse vehicle for hire, flap on a garment or tent, a speedregulator in a machine. (pl) place above stage of theater from which scenery is moved) បន្ទះសំពត់ដេរបិទពីលើ (ដូចជាគម្របឡេវខោ)
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- (any of various insects with a single pair of gauzy wings, especially the common housefly, a fishhook fitted with feathers to look like an insect) house fly រុយ, fishing fly នុយក្លែងក្លាយ (ធ្វើអំពីស្លាបសត្វជាដើម)
verb — past tense: Flew ; past participle: Flown ; present participle: Flying ; 3rd person singular present Flies
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ហោះ
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to cause to fly, to set flying, to run from) fly an airplane បើក, បើកបរ (យន្ដហោះ) / fly a flag លើក
Example: At the sound of our footsteps, the scarlet bird flew away.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Flies
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- A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
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- A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant.
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- A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse.
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- The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
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- The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
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- A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press.
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- 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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- A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
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- The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
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- A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
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- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work.
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- The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place.
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- Waste cotton.
adjective
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- Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
verb — past tense: Flew ; past participle: Flown ; present participle: Flying ; 3rd person singular present Flies
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- (TRANSITIVE) To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an aeroplane.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) 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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- (INTRANSITIVE) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To hunt with a hawk.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
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- flit, float, flutter, glide, hover, mount, sail, soar
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- dart, rush, shoot, spring
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- abscond, decamp, escape, flee, rung away
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- descend, fall, plummet, sink
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- A parasite