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হোমঅভিধানFflies

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flies

pass quickly / move through air / pilot / insect / zipper

/flaɪz/

Intransitive VerbTransitive Verb[C] Countable
pl: fliespast: flewpp: flowning: flying

As a noun, the word evokes an image of annoyance, filth, or fragility. It is most often associated with pests and decay, carrying a negative connotation when referring to infestations.

In its literal verbal sense, it conveys effortless movement, speed, and liberation from gravity. While 'flying' as a pilot implies professional skill and control, the act of moving through the air suggests a state of suspension or transcendence.

When used metaphorically regarding time, it describes a subjective experience where the perceived passage of hours or days is accelerated, usually due to engagement or pleasure.

Refers to individual winged insects that can be counted, such as seeing three flies on a window pane.

💬Casual Conversation

🎬Tuesday afternoon, Chloe is procrastinating on a term paper in the library while Leo is at home.
Chloe Smith

omg time flies when you're rotting in the library. i've done zero pages.

Chloe Smith
Leo Smith
Leo Smith

skill issue lol

💡
Chloe uses the idiom 'time flies' to express how quickly time passes despite her lack of productivity. Leo responds with 'skill issue', a common gaming-derived slang term used to mock someone's incompetence or failure.

Meanings

Intransitive Verbpass quickly
[~]

To pass very quickly.

Time flies.

Intransitive Verbmove through air
[~]

To move through the air using wings.

A bird flies.

Transitive Verbpilot
[~ something]

To operate an aircraft.

He flies planes.

Nouninsect

A small winged insect.

The fly flies.

Nounzipper

A flap of cloth covering a zipper on trousers.

He fixes flies.

Examples

Time flies when you are having fun.

Time flies when you are having fun.

The eagle flies high above the mountain peaks.

He flies commercial jets for a major airline.

He flies commercial jets for a major airline.

Business

There are too many flies buzzing around the fruit bowl.

There are too many flies buzzing around the fruit bowl.

Gourmet

Check your flies before you walk out the door.

I can not believe the summer just flies by every year.

Travel

A small bird flies through the open window.

The captain flies the plane through the storm with ease.

The garbage can is covered in flies.

The garbage can is covered in flies.

Collocations & Compounds

fruit flies

Noun collocation: small flies that feed on ripening or decaying fruit

house flies

Noun collocation: common flies found in human dwellings

House flies are known to carry various pathogens from waste to food.

flies solo

Verb collocation: to pilot an aircraft alone without a co-pilot

flies blind

Verb collocation: to act or move without information or visibility

flies by

Verb collocation: to pass very quickly (referring to time)

The weeks just fly by when you are focused on a big project.

Idioms & Sayings

time flies

time passes very quickly

flies in the face of

contradicts or goes against a fact or expectation

Etymology

Derived from the Old English flēogan, which stems from the Proto-Germanic fljugana. This root is linked to the Proto-Indo-European base pleu-, meaning to flow or fly, which also gave rise to the Greek pleōn and Latin fluere. The noun form evolved from the same root to describe the insect capable of such movement.

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