Find the word flying

I.adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a flag is flying (=a flag is shown on a pole)

▪ Flags were flying at half-mast because of the death of the Premier.

a flying insect

▪ Toads mainly eat small dark flying insects.

a flying start (=a very good start)

▪ The appeal got off to a flying start at the weekend when the group held a raffle.

a flying visitBritish English (= a very short visit)

▪ Timpson was due to pay a flying visit to London.

come running/flying/speeding etc

▪ Jess came flying round the corner and banged straight into me.

flying at an altitude

▪ We’re flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet.

flying buttress

flying debris

▪ She was hit by flying debris from the blast.

flying doctor

flying fish

flying fox

flying leap

▪ He threw a stick into the river and the dog went after it in a flying leap.

flying officer

flying picket

flying saucer

flying squad

▪ the head of Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad

flying tackle

knocked flying

▪ Garry answered the door only to be knocked flying as two policemen came rushing in.

passed with flying colours (=got very high marks)

▪ She passed with flying colours.

sparks…flying (=people were arguing angrily)

▪ The sparks were really flying at the meeting!

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

buttress

▪ Between the chapels radiate the forests of flying buttresses.

▪ Those at Canterbury are among the earliest datable flying buttresses.

▪ Moreover, in the building of the great Gothic cathedrals many new devices were introduced, including flying buttresses.

▪ It is an architectural cathedral, long and low on the exterior with geometrical traceried windows and simple flying buttresses.

▪ All are lofty with high vaults supported by flying buttress schemes.

▪ A flying buttress transmits thrust rather then resisting it.

colours

▪ And they now look set to promote more harmonious race relations in the community after passing with flying colours.

▪ Fortunately, like the other tests, the 31-year-old convent-educated beauty passed with flying colours.

▪ He would have passed it with flying colours.

▪ So far James has never given a scrap of trouble and has passed his MoT test with flying colours.

▪ The Honey Thieves are a band who would graduate with flying colours from such a straight-forward system of appraisal.

▪ Now he’s gone back to driving school in an effort to pass with flying colours.

▪ Before the setbacks, the new Lancias had passed their tests with flying colours.

▪ He did not seem the type, yet he passed his course at Achnacarry with flying colours.

fish

▪ Although flying fish leap out of the water they do not porpoise but glide, using their pectoral fins as aerodynamic surfaces.

▪ We rose early and sailed back among the flying fish to Kalkan.

▪ There were flying fish all around us, heading into shore.

insect

▪ Gregarious, flocks often hawking for flying insects and spiralling up to perform aerobatics.

▪ But flying insects have much more ancient enemies.

▪ Gnat and Mosquito larvae, including Bloodworms, can not be bred, as they are the young stages of flying insects.

▪ Such late flowering plants are an important source of nectar for late flying insects.

▪ It feeds upon flying insects and the tiny fish that inhabit the Aquasphere.

saucer

▪ On this particular occasion however, it is a nifty little flying saucer.

▪ If we can not accept flying saucers, we must at least accept floating plates.

start

▪ However, you also need to give yourself a flying start by stimulating the circulation through massage and natural herbal extracts.

▪ Racers, once the top team in Britain, will want a flying start to the season to reassert themselves.

▪ Video-Taped report follows Voice over Despite missing 7 first team regulars Gloucester got off to a flying start.

▪ David Currie gave Barnsley a flying start, scoring after 31 seconds, and Andy Rammell added their second.

▪ But this year it was Cairngorm, further east, which got off to the flying start.

▪ The appeal got off to a flying start at the weekend when the group held a jumble sale and raffle.

▪ It’s given them a flying start ahead of their Japenese competitors, who until now were the traditional market leaders in electronics.

visit

▪ Its inventor looks like he’s on a flying visit to the twentieth century.

▪ On another flying visit, Norbert Wollheim found that one of his charges was over the age limit.

▪ And during his flying visit to Belfast, Mr Grade took time out to chew the fat about the old days.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be bitten by the showbiz/travel/flying etc bug

be flying high

▪ The Rams are flying high after winning the Super Bowl.

▪ He was now on to the mid-irons and these were flying high and true.

▪ I was always happy to be flying high.

▪ Like the other Salomon executives, Massey was flying high in 1985 on the back of a series of record earning quarters.

go flying/laughing/rushing etc

▪ Any minute I expected the poor little madman to go flying in the night, dead.

▪ Bodies not strapped in by seat belts go flying.

▪ But shouldn’t you try and find out some more about him before you go rushing off?

▪ It tripped on a book and almost went flying, but it just succeeded in remaining upright.

▪ So why had she gone rushing north from Lima to see this half-brother of hers?

▪ Spit went flying, seen by millions.

▪ The doll and blanket went flying, bounced off the far end of the block, and fell into the make-believe river.

▪ The next member of the team took his place at the stumps only to see both bails go flying.

keep the flag flying

rumours/accusations etc are flying

send sb/sth flying/sprawling/reeling etc

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ a flying insect

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ And they now look set to promote more harmonious race relations in the community after passing with flying colours.

▪ He had covered his face from flying glass and watched the two men and the Returner escape through the office doors.

▪ Some had been killed outright by flying shrapnel, others had been badly wounded and had died slowly.

▪ The flying filly had trainer Jack Berry purring after a stunning success at Beverley last month.

▪ The first blow came from a corner and a flying header by Dave Higgins.

II.noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ She’s afraid of flying.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ Different types of glider behave slightly differently, so explore all the gliders you fly and adapt your flying accordingly.

▪ In practical terms this required a duration that recorded the most recent 25 hours of flying.

▪ Last night’s film examined a one-day course which helps people overcome their fear of flying.

▪ Male speaker Going to the Gulf was more routine flying.

▪ Team kites fall into several categories, chosen for precision flying or ballet and to suit the wind conditions.

▪ The young were free flying, and the future status of this species in Sussex will be strongly influenced by this population.

▪ To fully appreciate the reasons we must ignore the training aspect and look at the basic costs of flying.

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.

3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.

   Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
   
   —Job v. 7.

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.

   Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race.
   
   —Milton.

   The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on.
   
   —Bryant.

5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an
   enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee.

   Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight.
   —Milton.

   Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ?
   —Shak.

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.

   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.

   1. To rush out.

   2. To burst into a passion; to break out into license.

      To let fly.

      1. To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. «A man
         lets fly his arrow without taking any aim.»
         
         —Addison.

      2. (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let
         fly the sheets.

Flying Fly»ing, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
rapidly; intended for rapid movement.

Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. —Farrow.

Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, — the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.

Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.

Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.

Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:

To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.

Flying doe (Zo[«o]l.), a young female kangaroo.

Flying dragon.

1. (Zo[«o]l.) See Dragon, 6.

2. A meteor. See under Dragon.

   Flying Dutchman.

   1. A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
      the seas till the day of judgment.

   2. A spectral ship.

      Flying fish. (Zo[«o]l.) See Flying fish, in the
      Vocabulary.

      Flying fox (Zo[«o]l.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.

      Flying frog (Zo[«o]l.), either of two East Indian tree
      frogs of the genus Rhacophorus ( Rhacophorus
      nigrapalmatus and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very
      large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes,
      and enable it to make very long leaps.

      Flying gurnard (Zo[«o]l.), a species of gurnard of the
      genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
      pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
      fish, but not for so great a distance.

      Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
      Cephalacanthus volitans.

      Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
      jib, on the flying-jib boom.

      Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.

      Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
      weather.

      Flying lemur. (Zo[«o]l.) See Colugo.

      Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
      the course of a projected road, canal, etc.

      Flying lizard. (Zo[«o]l.) See Dragon, n. 6.

      Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
      air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. — Flying
      mouse (Zo[«o]l.), the opossum mouse ( Acrobates
      pygm[ae]us), a marsupial of Australia. Called also
      feathertail glider.

      Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
      squirrels, and a featherlike tail. — Flying party
      (Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
      enemy. — Flying phalanger (Zo[«o]l.), one of several
      species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
      Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
      folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
      squirrel ( Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ( Belideus
      ariel), are the best known; — called also squirrel
      petaurus and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. —
      Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. — Flying sap (Mil.),
      the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy’s fire
      of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
      means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
      earth. — Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
      as a bird on the wing. — Flying spider. (Zo[«o]l.) See
      Ballooning spider. — Flying squid (Zo[«o]l.), an
      oceanic squid ( Ommastrephes Bartramii syn.
      Sthenoteuthis Bartramii), abundant in the Gulf Stream,
      which is able to leap out of the water with such force
      that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. — Flying
      squirrel (Zo[«o]l.) See Flying squirrel, in the
      Vocabulary. — Flying start, a start in a sailing race
      in which the signal is given while the vessels are under
      way. — Flying torch (Mil.), a torch attached to a long
      staff and used for signaling at night.

early 15c., replacing forms from Old English fleogende «flying, winged;» present participle adjective from fly (v.1). The meaning «attached so as to have freedom of movement» (1670s) is the source of the nautical use (flying jib, etc.). Meaning «designed for rapid movement» (especially in military terms) is from 1660s; meaning «passing, hasty, temporary, rapidly constructed» is from 1763.n

nFlying fish is from 1510s; flying buttress is from 1660s. Flying Dutchman, ghost ship off the Cape of Good Hope, is attested since 1803 [John Leyden, «Scenes of Infancy,» who describes it as «a common superstition of mariners»]. Flying colors (1706) probably is from the image of a naval vessel with the national flag bravely displayed. Flying machine is from 1736 as a theoretical device. Flying saucer first attested 1947, though the image of saucers for unidentified flying objects is from at least 1880s.

1. 1 That can fly. 2 brief or hurried. 3 (context nautical of a sail English) Not secured by yards. n. An act of flight. v

2. (present participle of fly English)

1. adj. capable of or engaged in flight; «the bat is a flying animal»

2. moving swiftly; «fast-flying planes»; «played the difficult passage with flying fingers» [syn: fast-flying]

3. streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; «ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her»; «flying banners»; «flags waving in the breeze» [syn: aflare, flaring, waving]

4. designed for swift movement or action; «a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city»

5. of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation; «a flying time of three hours between cities»; «unidentified flying objects»

6. hurried and brief; «paid a flying visit»; «took a flying glance at the book»; «a quick inspection»; «a fast visit» [syn: quick, fast]

7. done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; «a flying start»; «crossed the goal line with a flying leap»

Flying may refer to:

• The act or process of flight
  • Flying and gliding animals
  • Aviation

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It has the largest paid subscription, newsstand, and international circulation of any U.S.-based aviation magazine, according to the publisher, Bonnier Corporation. They promote it as «The World’s Most Widely Read Aviation Magazine.»

«Flying» is a single by Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams, from his album Room Service, released in 2004 (See 2004 in music).

The song reached number 37 in the UK Singles Chart, making it his 2nd UK Top 40 single from the album, his next single was Room Service.

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Flying is a song by Chas & Dave. It originally appeared on their 1982 album Joblot as an instrumental, however in 1987 it was re-recorded with vocals and added to their 1987 album Flying, lending its name to it in the process. When the vocal version was released in the UK, it made #88.

In 1998, US radio stations began playing the vocal version of «Flying» in heavy rotation, resulting in considerable public response. To cash in, The World of Chas & Dave was released.