{
    "term": "fly",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "fly",
            "heSheIt": "flies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "flew",
        "pastParticiple": "flown",
        "ingForm": "flying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to move through the air, using wings",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Penguins can't fly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A stork flew slowly past.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A wasp had flown in through the window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Geese fly south in the fall."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Birds", "Insects, worms, etc."],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["high", "low", "fast"],
                "preposition": ["above", "over"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to move through air or space",
            "sensetop": "fly (from A) (to B)fly (to B) (from A)+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were on a plane flying from London to New York.",
                    "contextForm": "fly (from A) (to B)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lufthansa fly to La Paz from Frankfurt.",
                    "contextForm": "fly (to B) (from A)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Enemy planes **fly overhead**.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to fly at the speed of sound"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The aircraft was declared fully functional and fit to fly."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["high", "low", "fast"],
                "preposition": ["above", "over"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to travel in an aircraft or a spacecraft",
            "sensetop": "fly (from A) (to B)fly + adv./prep.+ noun",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Is this the first time that you've flown?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm flying to Hong Kong tomorrow.",
                    "contextForm": "fly (from A) (to B)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was flying home to visit my family.",
                    "contextForm": "fly + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I always fly business class.",
                    "contextForm": "+ noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're flying KLM."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["high", "low", "fast"],
                "preposition": ["above", "over"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to control an aircraft, etc. in the air",
            "sensetop": "fly something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's learning to fly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pilot trained to fly large passenger planes",
                    "contextForm": "fly something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "children flying kites"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's trained to fly passenger planes, not military jets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll have to fly the helicopter over some dangerous territory."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to transport goods or passengers in a plane",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The stranded tourists were finally flown home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had flowers specially flown in for the ceremony."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Orders were given to fly the prisoners to the US."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to move through the air for a particular distance; to travel over an ocean or area of land in an aircraft",
            "sensetop": "fly something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some birds fly huge distances when they migrate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who was the first person to fly the Atlantic?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only four airlines are currently allowed to fly transatlantic routes from Heathrow."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to go or move quickly",
            "sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The train was flying along."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gasped and her hand flew to her mouth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's late—I must fly."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to move suddenly and with force",
            "sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)+ adj.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A large stone came flying in through the window.",
                    "contextForm": "(+ adv./prep.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several people were hit by flying glass."
                },
                {
                    "text": "David gave the door a kick and it flew open.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adj."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to seem to pass very quickly",
            "sensetop": "fly by/past",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Doesn't time fly?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Summer has just flown by.",
                    "contextForm": "fly by/past"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "if a flag flies, or if you fly it, it is displayed, for example on a pole (= a long piece of wood or metal)",
            "sensetop": "fly something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Flags were flying** at half mast on all public buildings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to fly the Stars and Stripes",
                    "contextForm": "fly something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "to move around freely",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "hair flying in the wind"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "to be talked about by many people",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "to escape from somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "fly (something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Both suspects have flown the country."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 14,
            "definition": "to be successful",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It remains to be seen whether his project will fly."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 15,
            "definition": "to hit a ball high into the air",
            "sensetop": "fly (something)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a straight line",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The villages are no more than a mile apart as the crow flies."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the wanted person has escaped",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "wing it"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to escape from a place",
            "labels": "(informal, especially North American English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to show your support for your country, an organization or an idea to encourage or persuade others to do the same",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be successful",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "British cinema has been flying high recently, winning several coveted awards."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to oppose or be the opposite of something that is usual or expected",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Such a proposal is flying in the face of common sense."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become suddenly very angry",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to test out public opinion on a subject",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company is flying a kite to see if this plan provokes any interest."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to become able to fly and leave its nest",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to leave home and live somewhere else",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her children have flown the nest."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly start saying or doing something that does not seem to be connected to what has gone before",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He never sticks to the point but keeps going off at a tangent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Laura’s mind went off at a tangent."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly become very angry",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He seems to fly off the handle about the slightest thing these days."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stop existing; to disappear completely",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to fall, especially as a result of not seeing something under your feet",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Someone's going to go flying if you don't pick up these toys."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody to go away and stop annoying you or interfering",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to represent your country or organization",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our exporters keep the flag flying at international trade exhibitions."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to attack somebody by hitting them or speaking angrily to them",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He let fly at me with his fist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She let fly with a stream of abuse."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you do not believe something will ever happen",
            "labels": "(ironic, saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘With a bit of luck, we'll be finished by the end of the year.’ ‘Yes, and pigs might fly!’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "time seems to pass very quickly",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How time flies! I've got to go now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Time has flown since the holiday began."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flaɪ/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/fly__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flaɪd/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flied__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flaɪz/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fluː/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flew__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fləʊn/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flown__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flaɪ/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/fly__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flaɪd/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flied__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flaɪz/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fluː/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flew__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fləʊn/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flown__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈflaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fl/fly/flying__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb Old English flēogan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vliegen and German fliegen, also to fly, the insect."
}