Flies [verb]
Definition of Flies:
take to the air, usually employing wings
Synonyms of Flies:
● Shoot
● Take off
● Float
● Glide
● Drift
● Travel
● Sail
● Reach
● Cross
● Flutter
● Swoop
● Climb
● Circle
● Operate
● Speed
● Rush
● Pilot
● Control
● Dash
● Skim
● Skirt
● Jet
● Hop
● Soar
● Maneuver
● Hover
● Dive
● Dart
● Hurry
● Whisk
● Flit
● Mount
● Zoom
● Scud
● Whiz
● Buzz
● Fleet
● Wing
● Zip
● Whoosh
● Aviate
● Flat-hat
● Seagull
● Jet out
● Jet over
● Sky out
● Wing in
Opposite/Antonyms of Flies:
Sentence/Example of Flies:
A germ flies from a stagnant pool, and the laughing child, its mother's darling, dies dreadfully of diphtheria.
They must be kept away from flies—a fly can work havoc with a film in a few minutes.
I went into the dugout indescribably slack; hardly energy to struggle against the heat and the myriads of flies.
The destroyers and picket boats were round her as smart as flies settle on a lump of sugar, and there was no loss of life.
No escape from the steadily rising flood of letters and files,—none from the swarms of filthy flies.
So even here there were flies in every ointment, and no dream of perfection could remain unchallenged.
Its water in a general way moves as does a billiard ball when it flies from one cushion to another.
The flies buzzed in and out, and the window curtains moved gently in the breeze.
When the hern or bitron flies low, the air is gross, and thickening into showers.
At Sonepur flies having failed, wasps have come forth to warn the public and the authorities, but yet to no purpose.