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Fly Flying Move Participle Past Flown Intransitive Transitive

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Front fly 
IPA  /flaɪ   / verb (present participle flying; 3rd person singular flies; past tense flew /fluː   /; past participle flown /fləʊn   /)
Back uçmak; uçakla geçmek
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fly (verb)

 /flaɪ   / verb (present participle flying; 3rd person singular flies; past tense flew /fluː   /; past participle flown /fləʊn   /)
 
 
OF BIRD, AIRCRAFT, ETC.
1 [intransitive, transitive]
to move through the air
uçmak; uçakla geçmek
 This bird has a broken wing and can't fly.
 How long does it take to fly the Atlantic?
 I can hear a plane flying overhead.
PLANE
2 [intransitive, transitive]
to travel or carry sth in an aircraft, etc.
 (uçak) gitmek
 My daughter is flying (out) to Singapore next week.
 Supplies of food were flown (in) to the starving people.
 3 [intransitive, transitive]
(used about a pilot) to control an aircraft
 (uçak) uçurmak, kullanmak
 You have to have special training to fly a jumbo jet.
MOVE QUICKLY
4 [intransitive]
to move quickly or suddenly, especially through the air
fırlamak, uçmak;
hızla girmek/çıkmak/geçmek vb.
 A large stone came flying through the window.
 I slipped and my shopping went flying everywhere.
 Suddenly the door flew open and Mark came running in.
 (figurative) The weekend has just flown by and now it's Monday again.
MOVE IN AIR
5 [intransitive, transitive]
to move about or to make sth move about in the air
dalgalanmak;
uçurtmak
 The flags are flying.
 to fly a flag/kite
 noun flight
IDIOMS
as the crow flies
(used for describing distances) in a straight line
kuş uçuşu, dümdüz
 It's a kilometre as the crow flies but three kilometres by road.
fly off the handle
(informal)
to become very angry in an unreasonable way
küplere binmek, tepesi atmak
let fly (at sb/sth)
1 to shout angrily at sb
bas bas bağırmak
 My parents really let fly at me when I got home late.
 2 to hit sb in anger
saldırmak
 She let fly at him with her fists.
 

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