{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "flaɪ" ], "imgurl": [ "/var/www/html/blab/dic/img/fly.jpg" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/fly.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/fly.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English flye, flie, from Old English flȳġe, flēoge (“a fly”), from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ (“a fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”). Cognate with Scots flee, Saterland Frisian Fljooge, Dutch vlieg, German Low German Fleeg, German Fliege, Danish flue, Norwegian Bokmål flue, Norwegian Nynorsk fluge, Swedish fluga, Icelandic fluga.", "From Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (compare Saterland Frisian fljooge, Dutch vliegen, Low German flegen, German fliegen, Danish flyve, Norwegian Nynorsk flyga), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (*plew-k-, “to fly”) (compare Lithuanian plaũkti ‘to swim’), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”). More at flee and flow.", "Uncertain; probably from the verb or noun.", "Related to German Flügel (“a wing”), Dutch vleugel (“a wing”), Swedish flygel (“a wing”)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies." }, { "mean": "(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges)." }, { "mean": "Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly." }, { "mean": "(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect." }, { "mean": "(weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)" }, { "mean": "(swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) A witch's familiar." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) A parasite." }, { "mean": "(preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s." }, { "mean": "(finance) A butterfly (combination of four options)." } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "fly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n Muscidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons" } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.\nBirds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.\nThe Concorde flew from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane.\nIt takes about eleven hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hong Kong.\nThe little fairy flew home on the back of her friend, the giant eagle." }, { "mean": "(transitive, intransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).\nFly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!" }, { "mean": "(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.\nCharles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean.\nWhy don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect.\nBirds fly their prey to their nest to feed it to their young.\nEach day the postal service flies thousands of letters around the globe." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.\nHe flew down the hill on his bicycle.\nIt's five o'clock already. Doesn't time fly?" }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.\na door flies open\na bomb flies apart" }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To proceed with great success.\nHis career is really flying at the moment.\nOne moment the company was flying high, the next it was on its knees." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.\nLet's see if that idea flies.\nYou know, I just don't think that's going to fly. Why don't you spend your time on something better?" }, { "mean": "(transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To hunt with a hawk." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.\nThis species flies from late summer until frost." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) The action of flying; flight." }, { "mean": "An act of flying.\nThere was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly." }, { "mean": "(baseball) A fly ball." }, { "mean": "(American football) Short for fly route." }, { "mean": "A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent." }, { "mean": "(India, obsolete) The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent." }, { "mean": "(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.\nHa-ha! Your flies are undone!" }, { "mean": "The free edge of a flag." }, { "mean": "The horizontal length of a flag." }, { "mean": "(weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders." }, { "mean": "The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows." }, { "mean": "(nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card." }, { "mean": "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." }, { "mean": "Short for flywheel." }, { "mean": "(historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).\n\nRelated terms: flyman" }, { "mean": "In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.." }, { "mean": "The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn." }, { "mean": "(weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk." }, { "mean": "(printing, historical) The person who took the printed sheets from the press." }, { "mean": "(printing, historical) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work." }, { "mean": "One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre." }, { "mean": "(cotton manufacture) waste cotton" } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. 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