2. n. (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
3. n. (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
4. n. Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
5. n. (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
6. n. (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
7. n. (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
8. n. (obsolete) A parasite.
9. n. (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)
10. n. A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
11. v. (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
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. It takes about ele
12. v. (ambitransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!
13. v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
Charles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean. Why don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect. Birds fly
14. v. (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
Let's see if that idea flies. You know, I just don't think that's going to fly. Why don't you spend your time on something better?
15. v. (intransitive) To travel very fast, hasten.
16. v. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
a door flies open; a bomb flies apart
17. v. To hunt with a hawk.
18. v. To display a flag on a flagpole.
19. n. (obsolete) The action of flying; flight.
20. n. An act of flying.
We had a quick half-hour fly back into the city.
21. n. (baseball) A fly ball.
22. n. (now historical) A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised flys).
23. n. A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
24. n. A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
25. n. The free edge of a flag.
26. n. The horizontal length of a flag.
27. n. (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
28. n. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
29. n. (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
30. n. Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
31. n. A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to b
32. n. (historical) A light horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation.
33. n. In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
34. n. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
35. n. (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
36. n. (printing, historical) The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
37. n. (printing, historical) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
38. n. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
39. n. (cotton manufacture) waste cotton
40. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
On her first try at archery, she hit the bullseye (of the target).
2. n. (Fléchettes) Double centre.
3. n. (Verrerie) Cul-de-bouteille.
4. interj. En plein dans le mille.
Bullseye! I tried your suggestion, and it worked perfectly.
bullseye
1. n. The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
2. n. A shot which hits the centre of a target.
3. n. (darts) The two central rings on a dartboard.
4. n. A peppermint-flavoured confection with stripes on it.
5. n. (nautical, obsolete) Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
6. n. A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
7. n. The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
8. n. A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
9. interj. A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
10. interj. By extension, a response when someone makes an accurate statement.
1. n. A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
a bunch of grapes; a bunch of bananas; a bunch of keys; a bunch of yobs on a street corner
2. n. (cycling) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
3. n. An informal body of friends.
He still hangs out with the same bunch.
4. n. (US, informal) A considerable amount.
a bunch of trouble
5. n. (informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.
A bunch of them went down to the field.
6. n. (forestry) A group of logs tied together for skidding.
7. n. (geology, mining) An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
8. n. (textiles) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
9. n. An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
Two to four filler leaves are laid end to end and rolled into the two halves of the binder leaves, making up what is called the bunch.
10. n. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
11. v. To gather into a bunch.
12. v. To gather fabric into folds.
13. v. (intransitive) To form a bunch.
14. v. (intransitive) To be gathered together in folds
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