fly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for fly in the English»French Dictionary

I.fly [Brit flʌɪ, Am flaɪ] N

3. fly (of tent) → flysheet

III.fly [Brit flʌɪ, Am flaɪ] ADJ inf

IV.fly <pret flew, pp flown> [Brit flʌɪ, Am flaɪ] VB trans

V.fly <pret flew, pp flown> [Brit flʌɪ, Am flaɪ] VB intr

3. fly (be propelled):

to fly off
to fly open
to fly at sb
to fly into a rage or temper fig
to fly into a panic fig

See also flysheet

I.fly in VB [Brit flʌɪ -, Am flaɪ -] (fly in)

II.fly in VB [Brit flʌɪ -, Am flaɪ -] (fly [sth/sb] in, fly in [sth/sb])

fly away VB [Brit flʌɪ -, Am flaɪ -] lit, fig

tsetse fly [Brit ˈtsɛtsi flʌɪ] N

fly-by [Brit, Am ˈflaɪbaɪ] N

fly in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fly in the English»French Dictionary

fly1 [flaɪ] N (trouser zip)

tsetse fly [ˈtetsiˌflaɪ, Am ˈtsetsiˌflaɪ] N

fly Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a fly on the wall
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
By using his powers to lift himself, he can levitate and fly at high speed.
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The vessels mount a firefighting water cannon on the aft fly bridge.
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The weeds provide the necessary habitat for black-fly, mosquitoes and snails, which are the vectors of water-borne illnesses such as bilharzia, river blindness and malaria.
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The ability to be creative, think on the fly and make key business decisions with little time amidst the tsunami of external information is vital.
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This technique is used by military pilots to fly to their target stealthily, using the topography to mask their approach from prying radar microwaves.
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The mend can be upstream or down stream depending on the currents carrying the line or fly.
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The prevalence of tsetse fly depleted the livestock population at the end of the nineteenth century.
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When a dive is successful, gannets swallow the fish underwater before surfacing, and never fly with the fish in their bill.
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The desert warthog is an important host of the tsetse fly, and in some parts of its range efforts are being made to reduce warthog numbers because of this.
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The championships banners have been replaced by small pennants that fly on masts at the back of the left field upper deck.
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