- Types Of Speech
- You can use fly as a noun, verb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Fly
- A 1 syllables noun and 3 letters with the letters f, l, and y, 3 consonants, 0 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter l. Fly starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters f, fl, and the ending characters are y, ly, ..
- Definition
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- Origin/Roots
- Old English
- School Grade
- Fly is set as a kindergarten word that starts with f, ends with y, 1 syllables, 0 vowels and 3 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is fly a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Fly in Pig Latin is said as "yflay or yflway".
- Unigram
- f | l | y
- Bigram
- fl | ly
- Trigram
- fly
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- Verb Examples
- decrease rapidly and disappear;
"the money vanished in las Vegas";
"all my stock assets have vaporized" - change quickly from one emotional state to another;
"fly into a rage" - hit a fly
- transport by aeroplane;
"We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" - travel in an airplane;
"she is flying to Cincinnati tonight";
"Are we driving or flying?" - move quickly or suddenly;
"He flew about the place" - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft;
"Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" - cause to fly or float;
"fly a kite" - travel through the air;
be airborne;
"Man cannot fly" - fly a plane
- pass away rapidly;
"Time flies like an arrow";
"Time fleeing beneath him" - run away quickly;
"He threw down his gun and fled" - display in the air or cause to float;
"fly a kite";
"All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Abscond | run away usually includes taking something or somebody along |
| Absquatulate | run away usually includes taking something or somebody along |
| Advance | the act of moving forward toward a goal |
| Advancement | gradual improvement or growth or development "advancement of knowledge" "great progress in the arts" |
| Aeroplane | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" |
| Aim | the action of directing something at an object "he took aim and fired" |
| Airlift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
| Airplane | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Fly
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fly | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air |
View English words with the unique letters used in fly. Words With The Letters Fly
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fly | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hit | (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) "he came all the way around on Williams'' hit" |
| Hitting | the act of contacting one thing with another "repeated hitting raised a large bruise" "after three misses she finally got a hit" |
| Striking | the act of contacting one thing with another "repeated hitting raised a large bruise" "after three misses she finally got a hit" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Blast | a long and hard-hit fly ball |
| Flare | (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield |
| Liner | (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter; "the batter hit a liner to the shortstop" |
| Line Drive | |
| Pop Fly | |
| Texas Leaguer |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Flynn | Yes | No |
| Flynt | Yes | No |
| Butterfly | No | Yes |
| Fly | No | No |
| Flyssa | No | Yes |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly (3 letters) | 9 | 9 | fly | ||
| Felly (5 letters) | 11 +2 | 12 +3 | felly | ||
| Flay (4 letters) | 10 +1 | 10 +1 | flay | ||
| Leafy (5 letters) | 11 +2 | 11 +2 | leafy |
Fly Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With F
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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