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flying
has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ adjective ] moving swiftly
Synonyms Examples "fast-flying planes" "played the difficult passage with flying fingers" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] capable of or engaged in flight
Examples "the bat is a flying animal" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)I seized the rack and made a western style flying mount just_in_time , one of my knees mercifully landing on my duffel_bag - and merely wrecking my camera , I was to discover later - my other knee landing on the slivery truck floor_boards and - but this is no medical_report . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] moving swiftly
Synonyms Examples "fast-flying planes" "played the difficult passage with flying fingers" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation
Examples "a flying time of three hours between cities" "unidentified flying objects" Used in print (Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)Other factors increasing operating_costs include the higher unit_cost of each flying hour , up 11 % in two years , and of each steaming hour , up 15 % . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] designed for swift movement or action
Examples "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] 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
Examples "a flying start" "crossed the goal line with a flying leap" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
Synonyms Examples "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her" "a fluttering scarf" "flying banners" "flags waving in the breeze" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (transportation) an instance of traveling by air
Synonyms Examples "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" Related terms air_travel pass sortie glide flyover acrobatics solo terrain_flight blind_flying overflight ballooning fly fly fly flight |
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