flying

English Online Dictionary. What means flying‎? What does flying mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
• Hyphenation: fly‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English fleynge, fleeʒinge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand, ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English flēogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), equivalent to fly +‎ -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fljoogend (“flying”), West Frisian fleanend (“flying”), Dutch vliegend (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”).

Adjective

flying (not comparable)

1. That flies or can fly.

   Antonym: flightless

   flying fox

   a flying rumour
2. Brief or hurried.

   flying visit

3. Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.

   flying column

4. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
5. (nautical, of a vessel) Capable of foiling.

6. Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.

   Coordinate term: lazy

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

flying

1. present participle and gerund of fly

Etymology 2

From Middle English flyinge, fleyng, fleyinge, fleynge, fleghyng, fleiʒeyng, flyeghynge, equivalent to fly +‎ -ing. Cognate with Danish flyvning (“flying”), Swedish flygning (“flying”), Norwegian flyvning, flygning, flyging, flying (“flying”).

Noun

flying (countable and uncountable, plural flyings)

1. (countable, aviation) An act of flight.
2. (uncountable, aerodynamics) The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
3. (uncountable, nautical) The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.

   Synonyms: foiling, hydrofoiling

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• flingy