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Flying

of Fly

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Similar meaning 4

Hurried 84% connected

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hurried 84% connected

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Moving 84% connected

of Move

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Moving 84% connected

of Move

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Broader term 2

Air 76% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Aviation 76% connected

The art or science of flying.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 9

Ballooning 76% connected

The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Glide 76% connected

The glede or kite.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gliding 76% connected

of Glide

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sailing 76% connected

of Sail

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Soaring 76% connected

of Soar

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Solo 76% connected

A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sortie 76% connected

The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.

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Stunting 76% connected

of Stunt

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Derivationally related 4

Fly 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fly 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Speed 74% connected

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Speed 74% connected

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Fast 92% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flight 92% connected

The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quick 92% connected

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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