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/ˈflaɪ̯/ · noun
(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies..
Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.
When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
October in Orania can be charming. When the sun sets, long ribbons of burnt orange settle on the horizon. The flies and mosquitoes that come with the oppressive summer heat haven’t arrived yet. It is Magdalene Kleynhans’ favourite time of year. “You can sit outside until late into the night,” says the businesswoman, whose family spend much of their time outdoors. Her children fish from the banks of the Orange River whenever they choose. Kleynhans leaves the house unlocked. “It’s a good life. It’s a big privilege.”
I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch.
a trifling fly, none of your great familiars
The fly that plays too near the flame burns in it.
Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.
The Concorde flew from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane.
Use fly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fly means (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies..
Common synonyms include soar, hover, wing, skim.
Possible antonyms include walk, remain, stay.
Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.
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