FLY


Meaning of FLY in English

I

n.

1) to swat a ~

2) a fruit; tsetse ~

II

v.

1)( D ; intr. ) to ~ across, overdo ~ across the ocean)

2) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ at ('to attack')

3) ( D ; intr. , tr. ) ('to travel by plane') ('to pilot') to ~ from; to (she flew from New York to London; he flew his private plane to Florida)

4) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to arrive by plane') (to ~ into Chicago)

5) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to go into') (to ~ into a rage)

6) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ out of ('to depart by plane') (to ~ out of Chicago)

7) ( misc. ) to ~ blind ('to ~ a plane solely with the help of instruments'); to ~ high ('to be elated'); to ~ nonstop; to ~ in the face of tradition ('to defy tradition'); to ~ off the handle ('to become angry')

III

n.

opening on trousers

1) to close, do up ( BE ), zip up one's ~

2) to open, unzip one's ~

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.