Entry Word: fly

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings <the Wright brothers realized mankindʼs age-old wish to fly>

Synonyms glide, plane, soar, wing

Related Words drift, float, hang, hover, waft; coast, cruise, sail, sweep; dart, flit, flutter; catapult, jet, orbit, rocket

2 to get free from a dangerous or confining situation <you must fly to safety immediately> — see escape 1
3 to proceed or move quickly <flew down the hall to class> — see hurry 2
4 to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening <no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and call the police> — see run 2