n. Function: verb
1 to pass lightly or quickly over or above a surface FF1C; clouds flying across the sky FF1E;
Synonyms: dart, float, sail, scud, shoot, skim, skirr
Related Words: dance, flicker, flit, flitter, flutter, hover; arise, ascend, mount, rise, soar; glide, slide, slip
2
Synonyms: RUN 2, bolt, flee, make off, scamper, scoot, ||screw, skedaddle, skip, skirr
Related Words: hide; retreat, withdraw
3
Synonyms: ESCAPE 1, abscond, break, ||bunk, decamp, flee, scape
4 to pass swiftly as if on wings FF1C; how time flies when we are happy FF1E;
Synonyms: fleet, flit, sail, sweep, wing
Related Words: soar; hasten, hurry, speed; barrel, skim, whisk, whiz, zip; breeze, dart, dash, rush, tear
Idioms: go like the wind ( or lightning), outstrip the wind
Contrasted Words: dally, dawdle, dillydally, drift; lag, linger, loiter, trail; crawl, creep, poke
Antonyms: drag
5
Synonyms: HURRY 2, flit, hasten, highball, hotfoot, hustle, run, rush, speed, whish