I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
high as a kite (= strongly affected by drugs or alcohol )
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Steve was as high as a kite .
kite boarding
kite surfing
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
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Last reported early yesterday morning, high as a kite , heading for a train.
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That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about!
■ NOUN
flying
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Reading, writing, art, wildlife, chess, kite flying and swimming are the hobbies of Lauren Gerrard.
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As hobbies go, kite flying is very weather dependant.
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This really is a well-deserved modern development in kite flying !
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From 1900 Cody became actively interested in kite flying , and patented a man-carrying kite system in 1901.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fly a kite
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And, let's go fly a kite.
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In 1986, Kent cigarettes launched an ad campaign which depicted two people flying a kite on a page.
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Let's fly a kite or blow some bubbles up into the sky.
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This he duly did while Eric and I were out flying kites.
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We explored dry creek beds, burned mesquite wood for campfires, flew kites, and swam in lakes.
go fly a kite
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And, let's go fly a kite.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the stuff off the kite blew right out of sight - and all that was left was the frame.
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As soon as any kite touches the ground it is eliminated.
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Between the curving cross-spars, the sail adopts a vee form not unlike that on a Malay or triangular kite .
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Here we have a dangerous situation of a kite flailing on one line, possibly towards onlookers and certainly not under control.
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How was that possible, a kite suspended in the air, without an anchor?
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It's bad enough trying to fly with unequal line lengths; having an asymmetric kite can be most frustrating!
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Of these, the best known is the Everglade kite , which escaped attention even longer than the crocodile.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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That summer I took Esmerelda kiting quite a lot.