Definition of flies

"flies" in the noun sense

1. fly

two-winged insects characterized by active flight

2. tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap

flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

3. fly, fly front

an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

4. fly, fly ball

baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

5. fly

fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

"flies" in the verb sense

1. fly, wing

travel through the air be airborne

"Man cannot fly"

2. fly

move quickly or suddenly

"He flew about the place"

3. fly, aviate, pilot

operate an airplane

"The pilot flew to Cuba"

4. fly

transport by aeroplane

"We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"

5. fly

cause to fly or float

"fly a kite"

6. fly

be dispersed or disseminated

"Rumors and accusations are flying"

7. fly

change quickly from one emotional state to another

"fly into a rage"

8. fly, fell, vanish

pass away rapidly

"Time flies like an arrow"

"Time fleeing beneath him"

9. fly

travel in an airplane

"she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"

"Are we driving or flying?"

10. fly

display in the air or cause to float

"fly a kite"

"All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."

11. flee, fly, take flight

run away quickly

"He threw down his gun and fled"

12. fly

travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

"Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"

13. fly

hit a fly

14. vanish, fly, vaporize

decrease rapidly and disappear

"the money vanished in las Vegas"

"all my stock assets have vaporized"

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Quotations for flies

Time flies.

The irreclaimable time flies. [ Virgil ]

A close mouth catches no flies. [ Proverb ]

To a boiling pot flies come not. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Into a mouth shut flies fly not. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

All fish are not caught with flies. [ Proverb ]

Flies are busiest about lean horses. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.
Seem to fly it, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, she denies you;
Let her alone, she will court you.
Say are not women truly then,
Styled but the shadows of us men? [ Ben Jonson ]

The coward never on himself relies,
But to an equal for assistance flies. [ Crabbe ]

The swift hour flies on double wings. [ Seneca ]

- the blush is formed - and flies -
Nor owns reflection's calm control;
It comes, it deepens - fades and dies,
A gush of feeling from the soul. [ Mrs. Dinnies ]

Honour follows him who flies from her. [ Motto ]

Nor love, nor honor, wealth, nor power,
Can give the heart a cheerful hour
When health is lost. Be timely wise;
With health all taste of pleasure flies. [ Gay ]

A verse may find him whom a sermon flies
And turn delight into a sacrifice. [ George Herbert ]

Prayer flies where the eagle never flew. [ Thomas Guthrie ]

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies;
Life's a short summer - man a flower -
He dies - alas! how soon he dies! [ Dr. Johnson ]

Is it an emperor's business to catch flies? [ Proverb ]

A full belly neither fights nor flies well. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Hurry is only admissible in catching flies. [ Haliburton ]

Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies,
And catch the manners living as they rise. [ Pope ]

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods;
They kill us for their sport. [ William Shakespeare ]

Reason the hoary dotard's dull directress,
That loses all, because she hazards nothing;
Reason! the timorous pilot, that, to shun
The rocks of life, forever flies the port. [ Dr. Johnson ]

What children hear at home soon flies abroad. [ Proverb ]

Taste, that eternal wanderer, which flies
From head to ears, and now from ears to eyes. [ Pope ]

Ill news is winged with fate, and flies apace. [ Dryden ]

Laws catch flies, but let the hornets go free. [ Proverb ]

Love, free as air, at sight of human ties,
Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. [ Pope ]

Other sins only speak, murder shrieks out.
The element of water moistens the earth,
But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens. [ Webster ]

Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

But as the unthought-on accident is guilty
To what we wildly do, so we profess
Ourselves to be the slaves of chance, and flies
Of every wind that blows. [ William Shakespeare ]

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. [ Hawthorne ]

Joy is an exchange.
Joy flies monopolies; it calls for two:
Rich fruit, heaven-planted, never plucked by one. [ Edward Young ]

Joy is an import; joy is an exchange;
Joy flies monopolists: it calls for two;
Rich fruit! Heaven planted! never plucked by one. [ Young ]

Even the lion has to defend itself against flies. [ German Proverb ]

A sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flies by. [ Proverb ]

Cover yourself with honey and the flies will have you. [ Proverb ]

Love comes in at the window and flies out at the door. [ Proverb ]

Call me pet names, dearest! Call me thy bird.
That flies to thy breast at one cherishing word,
That folds its wild wings there, ne'er dreaming of flight.
That tenderly sings there in loving delight!
Oh! my sad heart keeps pining for one fond word,
Call me pet names, dearest! Call me thy bird! [ Mrs. Osgood ]

My money comes in at the door and flies out at the window. [ Proverb ]

Daub yourself with honey, and you'll be covered with flies. [ Proverb ]

The evil that comes out of your mouth, flies into your bosom. [ Proverb ]

A drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar. [ Proverb ]

More flies are taken with a drop of honey than a tun of vinegar. [ Proverb ]

Since sorrow never comes too late. And happiness too swiftly flies. [ Gray ]

To kill two flies with one flapper; to kill two birds with one stone. [ German Proverb ]

The tanager flies through the green foliage as if he would ignite the leaves. [ Thoreau ]

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. [ Holmes ]

You will catch more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a cask of vinegar. [ Eastern Proverb ]

Fear is my vassal, when I frown he flies; A hundred times in life a coward dies. [ Marston ]

Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked. [ Joanna Baillie ]

Make the most of time, it flies away so fast; yet method will teach you to win time. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Our hands we open of our own free will, and the good flies, which we can never recall. [ Goethe ]

Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God! My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee. [ William Shakespeare ]

The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back. [ Seneca ]

Death shuns the naked throat and proffered breast; he flies when called to be a welcome guest. [ Sir Charles Sedley ]

Mild May's eldest child, the coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, the murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. [ Keats ]

There is no secrecy comparable to celerity; like the motion of a bullet in the air, it flies so swift that it outruns the eye. [ Bacon ]

The guardian angel of life sometimes flies so high that man cannot see it; but he always is looking down upon us, and will soon hover nearer to us. [ Richter ]

Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth; it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

There is no man whom Fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door and flies out at the window. [ Cardinal Imperiali ]

Business is the salt of life, which not only gives a grateful smack to it, but dries up those crudities that would offend, preserves from putrefaction and drives off all those blowing flies that would corrupt it. [ Feltham ]

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The word flies is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Word Growth involving flies

Shorter words in flies

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Longer words containing flies

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reflies fireflies

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