What is the meaning of flies?

noun

• Theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains. ()
• Two-winged insects characterized by active flight.
  • synonyms: fly
• Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent.
  • synonyms: tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap
• An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth.
  • synonyms: fly, fly front
• Baseball) a hit that flies up in the air.
  • synonyms: fly, fly ball
• Fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect.
  • synonyms: fly

verb

• Travel through the air; be airborne.
  • usage: "Man cannot fly"
  • synonyms: fly, wing
• Move quickly or suddenly.
  • usage: "He flew about the place"
  • synonyms: fly
• Operate an airplane.
  • usage: "The pilot flew to Cuba"
  • synonyms: fly, aviate, pilot
• Transport by aeroplane.
  • usage: "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
  • synonyms: fly
• Cause to fly or float.
  • usage: "fly a kite"
  • synonyms: fly
• Be dispersed or disseminated.
  • usage: "Rumors and accusations are flying"
  • synonyms: fly
• Change quickly from one emotional state to another.
  • usage: "fly into a rage"
  • synonyms: fly
• Pass away rapidly.
  • usage: "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
  • synonyms: fly, fell, vanish
• Travel in an airplane.
  • usage: "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying"
  • synonyms: fly
• Display in the air or cause to float.
  • usage: "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U. N."
  • synonyms: fly
• Run away quickly.
  • usage: "He threw down his gun and fled"
  • synonyms: flee, fly, take flight
• Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft.
  • usage: "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
  • synonyms: fly
• Hit a fly.
  • synonyms: fly
• Decrease rapidly and disappear.
  • usage: "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
  • synonyms: vanish, fly, vaporize