slovo | definícia |
flying (mass) | flying
- lietajúci |
flying (encz) | flying,létající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flying (encz) | flying,létavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flying (encz) | flying,letecký adj: |
flying (encz) | flying,letící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flying (encz) | flying,letmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Flying (gcide) | Fly \Fly\ (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp. Flew (fl[=u]); p. p. Flown
(fl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Flying.] [OE. fleen, fleen,
fleyen, flegen, AS. fle['o]gan; akin to D. vliegen, OHG.
fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[=u]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve,
Goth. us-flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about, and perh.
to L. pluma feather, E. plume. [root]84. Cf. Fledge,
Flight, Flock of animals.]
1. To move in or pass through the air with wings, as a bird.
2. To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass
or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.
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3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.
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Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
--Job v. 7.
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4. To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate
rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around;
rumor flies.
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Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race.
--Milton.
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The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on.
--Bryant.
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5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an
enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee.
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Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. --Milton.
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Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? --Shak.
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6. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly
or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door
flies open; a bomb flies apart.
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To fly about (Naut.), to change frequently in a short time;
-- said of the wind.
To fly around, to move about in haste. [Colloq.]
To fly at, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack
suddenly.
To fly in the face of, to insult; to assail; to set at
defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct
opposition to; to resist.
To fly off, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to
revolt.
To fly on, to attack.
To fly open, to open suddenly, or with violence.
To fly out.
(a) To rush out.
(b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license.
To let fly.
(a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. "A man
lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." --Addison.
(b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let
fly the sheets.
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Flying (gcide) | Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
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Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. --Farrow.
Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.
Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.
Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.
Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:
To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.
Flying doe (Zool.), a young female kangaroo.
Flying dragon.
(a) (Zool.) See Dragon, 6.
(b) A meteor. See under Dragon.
Flying Dutchman.
(a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
the seas till the day of judgment.
(b) A spectral ship.
Flying fish. (Zool.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary.
Flying fox (Zool.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.
Flying frog (Zool.), either of two East Indian tree frogs
of the genus Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus
and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very large and broadly
webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to
make very long leaps.
Flying gurnard (Zool.), a species of gurnard of the genus
Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
fish, but not for so great a distance.
Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
Cephalacanthus volitans.
Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
jib, on the flying-jib boom.
Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
weather.
Flying lemur. (Zool.) See Colugo.
Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
the course of a projected road, canal, etc.
Flying lizard. (Zool.) See Dragon, n. 6.
Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- {Flying
mouse} (Zool.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygm[ae]us), a
marsupial of Australia. Called also feathertail glider.
Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party
(Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zool.), one of several
species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
squirrel (Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus
ariel}), are the best known; -- called also {squirrel
petaurus} and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. --
Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.),
the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire
of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zool.) See
Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zool.), an oceanic
squid (Ommastrephes Bartramii syn. {Sthenoteuthis
Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to
leap out of the water with such force that it often falls
on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying squirrel (Zool.) See
Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a
start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while
the vessels are under way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a
torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at
night.
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flying (wn) | flying
adj 1: moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the
difficult passage with flying fingers" [syn: {fast-
flying}, flying]
2: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying
glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
[syn: flying, quick, fast]
n 1: an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an
exciting adventure for him" [syn: flight, flying] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
flying (mass) | flying
- lietajúci |
flying machine (mass) | flying machine
- lietadlo |
come flying (encz) | come flying,přiletět v: Zdeněk Brož |
fast-flying (encz) | fast-flying, adj: |
flying (encz) | flying,létající adj: Zdeněk Brožflying,létavý adj: Zdeněk Brožflying,letecký adj: flying,letící adj: Zdeněk Brožflying,letmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flying bird (encz) | flying bird, n: |
flying boat (encz) | flying boat,hydroplán n: Zdeněk Brož |
flying bomb (encz) | flying bomb,létající puma n: [voj.] zbraň s reaktivním pohonem, např.
V1 Petr Prášek |
flying bridge (encz) | flying bridge,nejvyšší můstek lodi n: Petr Prášekflying bridge,nouzový most n: Petr Prášekflying bridge,převozní pramice n: s kyvadlovým provozem Petr Prášek |
flying buttress (encz) | flying buttress,obloukový pilíř n: [stav.] Zdeněk Brožflying buttress,opěrný oblouk s opěrným pilířem n: [stav.] Petr Prášek |
flying carpet (encz) | flying carpet, n: |
flying cat (encz) | flying cat, n: |
flying colors (encz) | flying colors, |
flying colours (encz) | flying colours, n: |
flying dragon (encz) | flying dragon, n: |
flying drainpipe (encz) | flying drainpipe, n: |
flying dutchman (encz) | Flying Dutchman,Bludný Holanďan n: strašidelná loď Petr Prášek |
flying field (encz) | flying field,malé letiště n: Petr Prášekflying field,nouzové letiště n: Petr Prášek |
flying fish (encz) | flying fish,létající ryba n: [zoo.] Hynek Hanke |
flying fox (encz) | flying fox,kaloň n: [zoo.] Petr Prášek |
flying gecko (encz) | flying gecko, n: |
flying gurnard (encz) | flying gurnard, n: |
flying horse (encz) | flying horse, n: |
flying jib (encz) | flying jib, n: |
flying lemur (encz) | flying lemur,letucha n: [zoo.] Petr Prášek |
flying lizard (encz) | flying lizard, n: |
flying mare (encz) | flying mare, n: |
flying marmot (encz) | flying marmot, n: |
flying mouse (encz) | flying mouse, n: |
flying opossum (encz) | flying opossum, n: |
flying phalanger (encz) | flying phalanger, n: |
flying reptile (encz) | flying reptile, n: |
flying robin (encz) | flying robin, n: |
flying saucer (encz) | flying saucer,létající talíř n: Hynek Hanke |
flying school (encz) | flying school, n: |
flying squad (encz) | flying squad, n: |
flying squirrel (encz) | flying squirrel,poletucha n: [zoo.] Zdeněk Brož |
flying start (encz) | flying start,letmý start n: Zdeněk Brož |
four-wing flying fish (encz) | four-wing flying fish, n: |
high-flying (encz) | high-flying,ambiciózní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
highflying (encz) | highflying,ambiciózní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
instrument flying (encz) | instrument flying, n: |
kite-flying (encz) | kite-flying, |
monoplane flying fish (encz) | monoplane flying fish, n: |
nonflying (encz) | nonflying,nelétající nonflying,nelétavý |
northern flying squirrel (encz) | northern flying squirrel, n: |
pass with flying colors (encz) | pass with flying colors, v: |
send him flying (encz) | send him flying, |
southern flying squirrel (encz) | southern flying squirrel, n: |
stunt flying (encz) | stunt flying, n: |
two-wing flying fish (encz) | two-wing flying fish, n: |
unidentified flying object (encz) | unidentified flying object, n: |
do i look like i give a flying f---? (czen) | Do I Look Like I Give a Flying F---?,DILLIGAFF[zkr.] |
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