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To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

Example: Jones flied to right in his last at-bat.

To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.

Example: Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.

To flee, to escape (from).

Example: Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!

To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.

Example: Birds fly their prey to their nest to feed it to their young.

(of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.

Example: Let's see if that idea flies.

That flies or can fly.

Example: a flying rumour

Brief or hurried.

(of a sail) Not secured by yards.

An act of flight.

The action or process of sustained motion through the air.