flying
adjective
[ ˈflʌɪɪŋ ]
• moving or able to move through the air with wings.
• "a flying ant"
Similar:
airborne,
in the air,
in flight,
fluttering,
flitting,
flapping,
hovering,
floating,
gliding,
windborne,
soaring,
winging,
wheeling,
winged,
volitant,
flying
noun
• flight, especially in an aircraft.
• "she hates flying"
fly
verb
• (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings.
• "close the door or the moths will fly in"
Similar:
travel through the air,
wing its way,
wing,
glide,
soar,
wheel,
flutter,
flit,
hover,
hang,
take wing,
take to the air,
mount,
• move or be hurled quickly through the air.
• "balls kept flying over her hedge"
• wave or flutter in the wind.
• "she ran after him, her hair flying behind her"
• go or move quickly.
• "she flew along the path"
• be successful.
• "that idea didn't fly with most other council members"
Origin:
Old English flēogan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vliegen and German fliegen, also to fly2.
