Flow vs. Fly

To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.

Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics.

To issue in a stream; pour forth

To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.

To circulate, as the blood in the body.

To travel by air

To move with a continual shifting of component particles

To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.

To proceed steadily and easily

To rise in or be carried through the air by the wind

To exhibit a smooth or graceful continuity

To float or flap in the air

To hang loosely and gracefully

To move or be sent through the air with great speed

To rise. Used of the tide.

To move with great speed; rush or dart

To arise; derive

To be communicated to many people

To be abundant; teem

To flee; escape.

To move from one place to another in large numbers

To hasten; spring

To menstruate.

To pass by swiftly

To undergo plastic deformation without cracking or breaking. Used of rocks, metals, or minerals.

To be dissipated; vanish

To release as a flow

past tense and past participle flied (flīd) Baseball To hit a fly ball.

To cause to flow

To shatter or explode

The act of flowing.

To become suddenly emotional, especially angry

The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.

(Informal) To gain acceptance or approval; go over

A stream or current.

To cause to fly or float in the air

A flood or overflow.

(Nautical) To operate under (a particular flag)

A residual mass that has stopped flowing

To pilot (an aircraft or spacecraft).

A continuous output or outpouring

To carry or transport in an aircraft or spacecraft

A continuous movement or circulation

To pass over or through in flight

The amount that flows in a given period of time.

To perform in a spacecraft or aircraft

The rising of the tide.

To flee or run from

Continuity and smoothness of appearance.

To avoid; shun

A general movement or tendency

The act of flying; flight.

The sequence in which operations are performed.

The opening, or the fastening that closes this opening, on the front of a pair of pants.

An apparent ease or effortlessness of performance

The flap of cloth that covers this opening.

Menstrual discharge.

A piece of protective fabric secured over a tent and often extended over the entrance.

Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.

A flyleaf.

The movement of a real or figurative fluid.

(Baseball) A fly ball.

(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.

(Sports) In swimming, butterfly.

The rising movement of the tide.

The span of a flag from the staff to the outer edge.

Smoothness or continuity.

The outer edge of a flag.

The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.

A flywheel.

A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).

flies The area directly over the stage of a theater, containing overhead lights, drop curtains, and equipment for raising and lowering sets.

(psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.

Chiefly British A one-horse carriage, especially one for hire.

The emission of blood during menstruation.

Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially any of the family Muscidae, which includes the housefly.

The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.

Any of various other flying insects, such as a caddisfly.

(software) The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.

A fishing lure simulating something a fish eats, such as a mayfly or a minnow, made by attaching materials such as feathers, tinsel, and colored thread to a fishhook.

(Scotland) A morass or marsh.

Chiefly British Mentally alert; sharp.

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.

(Slang) Fashionable; stylish.

(intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.

(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.

(intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.

(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).

(intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.

Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.

(intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.

(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.

(intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.

(weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)

To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.

(swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).

(transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.

(obsolete) A witch's familiar.

(transitive) To cover with varnish.

(obsolete) A parasite.

(intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.

(preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.

To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes.

(finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).

To become liquid; to melt.

(obsolete) The action of flying; flight.

To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.

An act of flying.

To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.

(baseball) A fly ball.

To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.

(American football) fly route

To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.

A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.

To rise, as the tide; - opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent.

To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.

(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.

To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.

The free edge of a flag.

To cover with varnish.

The horizontal length of a flag.

A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.

(weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.

A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.

The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.

(nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.

Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.

A low-lying piece of watery land; - called also flow moss and flow bog.

(historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..

the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

(weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

any uninterrupted stream or discharge

The person who took the printed sheets from the press.

something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;

A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.

dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;

One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;

(cotton manufacture) waste cotton

move or progress freely as if in a stream;

A wing.

move along, of liquids;

(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.

cause to flow;

To flee, to escape (from).

be abundantly present;

To cause to fly travel or float in the air: to transport via air or the like.

fall or flow in a certain way;

(intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.

cover or swamp with water

(intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.

undergo menstruation;

(intransitive) To proceed with great success.

To be accepted, come about or work out.

To display (a flag) on a flagpole.

(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.

To be in the winged adult stage.

To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.

(slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.

(slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

To move in or pass through the air with wings, as a bird.

To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.

To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.

To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies.

To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee.

To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; - usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart.

To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.

To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.

To hunt with a hawk.

To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an aëroplane.

Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.

A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, - used for fishing.

A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant.

A parasite.

A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse.

The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.

The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.

The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press.

The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place.

One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.

The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.

A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. Also called fly ball.

Waste cotton.

Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.

two-winged insects characterized by active flight

flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth

(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

travel through the air; be airborne;

move quickly or suddenly;

fly a plane

transport by aeroplane;

cause to fly or float;

be dispersed or disseminated;

change quickly from one emotional state to another;

pass away rapidly;

travel in an airplane;

display in the air or cause to float;

run away quickly;

travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft;

hit a fly

decrease rapidly and disappear;

(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked