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1.nounThe open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.
2.nounAny insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
3.noun(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
4.nounAny similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
5.nounA lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
6.nounA chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
7.nounA witch's familiar.
8.nounA parasite.
9.nounThe butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)
10.noun(preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
11.nounThe action of flying; flight.
12.nounAn act of flying."There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly."
13.nounA fly ball.
14.nounA type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised flys).
15.nounA piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
16.noun(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc."Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!"
17.nounThe free edge of a flag.
18.nounThe horizontal length of a flag.
19.nounAn exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
20.nounThe part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
21.nounThat part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
22.nounTwo 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.
23.nounA heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See flywheel.
24.nounA light horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation.
25.nounIn 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.
26.nounThe pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
27.nounA shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
28.nounThe person who took the printed sheets from the press.
29.nounA vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
30.nounOne of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
31.noun(cotton manufacture) waste cotton
32.verbTo hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb)."Jones flied to right in his last at-bat."
33.verbTo travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface."Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter."
34.verbTo flee, to escape (from)."Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!"
35.verbTo cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like."Birds fly their prey to their nest to feed it to their young."
36.verb(of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out."Let's see if that idea flies."
37.verbTo travel very fast, hasten.
38.verbTo move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly."a door flies open; a bomb flies apart"
39.verbTo display (a flag) on a flagpole.
40.verbTo hunt with a hawk.
41.noun(rural) A wing."The bullet barely grazed the wild fowl's fly."