• noun:   an instance of traveling by air

  Example: "Flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

• adjective:   done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line

  Example: "A flying start"

• adjective:   hurried and brief

  Example: "Paid a flying visit"

• adjective:   of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation

  Example: "A flying time of three hours between cities"

• adjective:   designed for swift movement or action

  Example: "A flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"

• adjective:   capable of or engaged in flight

  Example: "The bat is a flying animal"

• adjective:   moving swiftly

  Example: "Fast-flying planes"

• adjective:   streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air

  Example: "Flying banners"

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