Found 3 items, similar to Flew.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: flew
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: flew
fly
adj : (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
[also:
flown,
flew]
fly
v 1: travel through the air; be airborne;
“Man cannot fly” [syn:
wing]
2: move quickly or suddenly;
“He flew about the place”
3: fly a plane [syn:
aviate,
pilot]
4: transport by aeroplane;
“We fly flowers from the Caribbean
to North America”
5: cause to fly or float;
“fly a kite”
6: be dispersed or disseminated;
“Rumors and accusations are
flying”
7: change quickly from one emotional state to another;
“fly
into a rage”
8: pass away rapidly;
“Time flies like an arrow”;
“Time fleeing
beneath him” [syn:
fell,
vanish]
9: travel in an airplane;
“she is flying to Cincinnati
tonight”;
“Are we driving or flying?”
10: display in the air or cause to float;
“fly a kite”;
“All
nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.”
11: run away quickly;
“He threw down his gun and fled” [syn:
flee,
take flight]
12: travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft;
“Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic”
13: hit a fly
14: decrease rapidly and disappear;
“the money vanished in las
Vegas”;
“all my stock assets have vaporized” [syn:
vanish,
vaporize]
[also:
flown,
flew]
fly
n 1: two-winged insects characterized by active flight
2: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back
to provide entrance to a tent [syn:
tent-fly,
rainfly,
fly sheet,
tent flap]
3: an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or
buttons concealed by a fold of cloth [syn:
fly front]
4: (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air [syn:
fly ball]
5: fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look
like an insect
[also:
flown,
flew]
flew
See
fly
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Flew
Fly
\Fly\ (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp.
Flew (fl[=u]); p. p.
Flown
(fl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n.
Flying.] [OE. fleen, fleen,
fleyen, flegen, AS. fle['o]gan; akin to D. vliegen, OHG.
fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[=u]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve,
Goth. us-flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about, and perh.
to L. pluma feather, E. plume. [root]84. Cf.
Fledge,
Flight,
Flock of animals.]
1. To move in or pass through the air with wings, as a bird.
2. 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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3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.
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Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
--Job v. 7.
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4. 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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Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race.
--Milton.
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The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on.
--Bryant.
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5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an
enemy or a coward flies. See Note under
Flee.
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Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. --Milton.
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Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? --Shak.
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6. 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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To fly about (Naut.), to change frequently in a short time;
-- said of the wind.
To fly around, to move about in haste. [Colloq.]
To fly at, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack
suddenly.
To fly in the face of, to insult; to assail; to set at
defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct
opposition to; to resist.
To fly off, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to
revolt.
To fly on, to attack.
To fly open, to open suddenly, or with violence.
To fly out.
(a) To rush out.
(b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license.
To let fly.
(a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge.
“A man
lets fly his arrow without taking any aim.”
--Addison.
(b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let
fly the sheets.
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Flew
\Flew\,
imp. of
Fly.
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