fly in WordNet English dictionary

1. operate an airplane
   "The pilot flew to Cuba"
   fly  aviate  pilot 
   
2. pass away rapidly
   "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
   fly  fell  vanish 
   
3. run away quickly
   "He threw down his gun and fled"
   flee  fly  take flight 
   
4. decrease rapidly and disappear
   "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
   vanish  fly  vaporize 
   
5. change quickly from one emotional state to another
   "fly into a rage"
   fly 
   
6. transport by aeroplane
   "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
   fly 
   
7. hit a fly
   fly 
   
8. travel through the air; be airborne
   "Man cannot fly"
   fly  wing 
   
9. move quickly or suddenly
   "He flew about the place"
   fly 
   
10. travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
    "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
    fly 
    
11. travel in an airplane
    "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"
    fly 
    
12. cause to fly or float
    "fly a kite"
    fly 
    
13. be dispersed or disseminated
    "Rumors and accusations are flying"
    fly 
    
14. display in the air or cause to float
    "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
    fly 
    

1. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
   fly  fly ball 
   
2. two-winged insects characterized by active flight
   fly 
   
3. an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
   fly  fly front 
   
4. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
   tent-fly  rainfly  fly sheet  fly  tent flap 
   
5. fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
   fly 
   

1. (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
   fly