What is the meaning of flying?

noun

• An instance of traveling by air.
  • usage: "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
  • synonyms: flight

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

adjective

• Moving swiftly.
  • usage: "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
  • synonyms: fast-flying
• Hurried and brief.
  • usage: "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
  • synonyms: quick, fast