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Dictionary definition: fly
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- The Oxford American College Dictionary
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fly
1
/
flī
/
• v.(
flies
/
flīz
/ ;
past
flew
/
floō
/ ;
past part.
flown
/
flōn
/ ) [
intrans.
]
1.
(of a bird or other winged creature) move through the air under control:
close the door or the moths will fly in
the bird can fly enormous distances.
∎
(of an aircraft or its occupants) travel through the air:
I fly back to New York this evening.
∎
[
trans.
]control the flight of (an aircraft); pilot.
∎
[with
obj.
and
adverbial of direction
]transport in an aircraft:
helicopters flew the injured to a hospital.
∎
[
trans.
]accomplish (a purpose) in an ...
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