fly

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fly is part of the Basic English 850.

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fly is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
fly

[change] Pronunciation

[change] Verb

Plain form
fly

Third-person singular
flies

Past tense
flew

Past participle
flown

Present participle
flying

  1. (transitive & intransitive) To move through the air without touching the ground
    The bird will fly away in the winter.
    The airplane flies very high in the air.
    He was the first person to fly a plane around the world.

[change] Noun

Singular
fly

Plural
flies

A fly on a leaf
  1. (countable) A fly is a type of small insect with wings
    I won't eat my soup because there's a fly in it.
    There are many flies near the garbage.