Definitions for flying

(an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him")

(travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly")

(move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place")

(operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba")

(transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America")

(cause to fly or float; "fly a kite")

(be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying")

(change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage")

(pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him")

(travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?")

(display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.")

(run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled")

(travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic")

(hit a fly)

(decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized")

(moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers")

(hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit")