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- [flahy]
- /flaɪ/
- /flaɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [flahy]
- /flaɪ/
Definitions of flies word
- verb without object flies to move through the air using wings. 1
- verb without object flies to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency: bits of paper flying about. 1
- verb without object flies to float or flutter in the air: flags flying in the breeze. 1
- verb without object flies to travel in an aircraft or spacecraft. 1
- verb without object flies to move suddenly and quickly; start unexpectedly: He flew from the room. 1
- verb without object flies to change rapidly and unexpectedly from one state or position to another: The door flew open. 1
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Origin of flies
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English flīen, Old English flēogan; cognate with Old High German fliogan, German fliegen, Old Norse fljuga
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Parts of speech for Flies
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flies popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
flies usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flies
noun flies
- canvases — a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.
- centipedes — Plural form of centipede.
- cooties — a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- aphids — Plural form of aphid.
- cockroaches — Plural form of cockroach.
adjective flies
- sharps — something sharp.
- bosses — a familiar name for a calf or cow.
- smarts — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- classes — a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living.
- capitals — Plural form of capital.
verb flies
- coasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coast.
- wings — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- circles — A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
- climbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of climb.
- crosses — Plural form of cross.
Antonyms for flies
verb flies
- dallies — Plural form of dally.
- delays — Plural form of delay.
- faces — Plural form of face.
- lands — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- stays — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
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