flying

Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/

The English word “flying” has 10 meanings listed here.

adjective

That flies or can fly.
Brief or hurried.
Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.
Not secured by yards.
Capable of foiling.
Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.
Being able to glide through the air.

noun

An act of flight.
The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.

Etymology

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…

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