| flying [a] |
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| 1) | capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal" |
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| winged |
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| 2) | moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers" |
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| Synonyms : | fast-flying |
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| moving |
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| 3) | streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze" |
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| Synonyms : | aflare flaring waving |
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| moving |
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| 4) | designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city" |
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| mobile |
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| 5) | of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation; "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects" |
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| air |
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| 6) | hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" |
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| Synonyms : | fast quick |
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| hurried |
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| 7) | done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap" |
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| flying [n] |
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| 1) | an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
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| Synonyms : | flight |
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| air fly fly aviate fly fly flight flight acrobatics blind_flying ballooning flyover glide overflight pass solo sortie low_level_flight |
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