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| Shopping | The largest selection of FLYING products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| ADJECTIVE | 1 | flying | Capable of or engaged in flight |
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| 2 | flying, fast-flying | Moving swiftly | |
| 3 | flying, aflare, flaring, waving | Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air | |
| 4 | flying | Designed for swift movement or action | |
| 5 | flying | Of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation) | |
| 6 | flying, quick, fast | Hurried and brief | |
| 7 | flying | Done swiftly in or as if in the air | |
| NOUN | 1 | flying, flight | An instance of traveling by air |
| Sounds | flay'ihng |
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| Rhymes | abducting, abiding, abounding, and 2057 more rhymes in ihng... |
| Meaning | Capable of or engaged in flight. |
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| Examples | "the bat is a flying animal" |
| Similar to | winged |
| Meaning | Moving swiftly. |
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| Examples | "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers" |
| Synonyms | fast-flying |
| Similar to | moving |
| Meaning | Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air. |
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| Examples | "flying banners" |
| Synonyms | aflare, flaring, waving |
| Similar to | moving |
| Meaning | Designed for swift movement or action. |
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| Examples | "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city" |
| Similar to | mobile |
| Meaning | Of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation). |
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| Examples | "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects" |
| Similar to | air |
| Meaning | Hurried and brief. |
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| Examples | "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book" |
| Synonyms | quick, fast |
| Similar to | hurried |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Examples | "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap" |
| Similar to | running |
| Meaning | An instance of traveling by air. |
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| Examples | "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
| Synonyms | flight |
| Broader | air travel, aviation, air |
| Narrower | acrobatics, aerobatics, stunting, stunt flying; blind flying, blind landing; ballooning; flyover, fly-by, flypast; glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing; maiden flight; overflight; pass; solo; sortie; terrain flight, low level flight |
| Verbs | fly; fly; fly; fly; fly |
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