flying · Contextualize

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 (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”).

derived from *fleuganą✻ — “to fly”
inherited from *fleugandz✻ — “flying”
inherited from flēogende
inherited from fleynge

Definitions

1
That flies or can fly.
- flying fox
- a flying rumour
- in a sudden hail of exploding flying glass
2
Brief or hurried.
- flying visit
3
Capable of moving rapidly
Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.
- flying column
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1. Not secured by yards.
2. 5
  Capable of foiling.
  - Flying ferries are the watercraft of the future!
3. 6
  Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like…
  Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.
  - He brands his cow W (flying W) or — (two-bar).
  - […] some seventy-five cows belonging to William and Bernie with a Flying W […]
  - Wyles cut the fence, keeping the Flying D cowboys occupied rounding up their cattle.
4. 7
  Being able to glide through the air.
  - flying squirrel
  - flying snake
5. present participle and gerund of fly
6. An act of flight.
7. 10
  The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
  - His seconde hawke wexyd gery And was with flyenge wery. She had flowyn so oft, That on the rode loft She perkyd her to rest.
8. The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted…
  The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.

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Derived

actual flying time, elapsed flying time, flubber, flying arch, flying army, flying baker, Flying Banana, flying bishop, flying boat, flying bomb, flying brick, flying bridge, flying buttocks, flying buttress, flying camp, flying car, flying carp, flying carpet, flying cat, flying circus, flying coffin, flying colours, flying column, flying cone, flying cymbal, flying disc, flying disc golf, flying disk, flying doctor, Flying Dutchman, flying eaves, flying fig, flying fish, Flying Fortress, flying fox, flying freehold, flying frog, flying fuck, flying ginny, flying gurnard · +59 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at flying. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at flying. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at flying

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.