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Synonyms for flying

Grammar : Adj
Spell : flahy-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈflaɪ ɪŋ

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Définition of flying

Origin :
  • Old English fleogende "flying, winged," present participle of fly (v.1). Flying buttress is from 1660s; flying fish is from 1510s. Flying saucer first attested 1947, though the image of saucers for unidentified flying objects is from at least 1880s. Flying Dutchman, ghost ship off the Cape of Good Hope, attested since 1803 [John Leyden, "Scenes of Infancy," who describes it as "a common superstition of mariners"]. Flying colors (1706) probably is from the image of a naval vessel with the national flag bravely displayed.
  • adj in the air, winged
Example sentences :
  • We on the other hand cross the ocean in sixteen hours in a flying machine.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • My brother and Pierre went on a flying trip to the South-East in search of water.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • At Gawler we were received by a crowd of people, and flags were flying to do us honour.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • It proved to be an autograph from the Flying Dutchman to his wife.
  • Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He looked like a harbinger of tempest, a shipmate of the Flying Dutchman.
  • Extract from : « The Village Uncle (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Bullets were flying in all directions, and there was no question of shelter.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The flying machine must move faster than the air to which it is opposed.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Identically the same thing is done in the construction of the flying machine.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The line extends from the drum to the flying or gliding machine.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Gargoyles at the foot of the flying buttresses carried off the water from the roofs.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

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