English Explanatory Dictionary

flying

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That flies or can fly.
  2. Brief or hurried.
  3. Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.
  4. Not secured by yards.
  5. Capable of foiling.
  6. Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.
  7. Being able to glide through the air.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of fly
noun
  1. An act of flight.
  2. The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
  3. The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.

Pronunciation

/ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/ en-us-flying.ogg

Word forms

flying flyings

Etymology

From Middle English fleynge, fleeʒinge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand, ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English flēogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fljoogend (“flying”), West Frisian fleanend (“flying”), Dutch vliegend (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”).

Synonyms

foiling hydrofoiling

Antonyms

flightless

Derived words

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