flying
fly·ing
flying · flyings
політ, переліт, рейс
полёт, перелёт, рейс
Flug, Flucht, Treppenlauf
An act of flightAn act of flight.
/ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/
Meaning
3 senses(countable)An act of flight.
(uncountable)The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
(uncountable)The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.
More definitions
- an instance of traveling by air
Origin
From Middle English flyinge, fleyng, fleyinge, fleynge, fleghyng, fleiʒeyng, flyeghynge, eFrom Middle English flyinge, fleyng, fleyinge, fleynge, fleghyng, fleiʒeyng, flyeghynge, equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Danish flyvning (“flying”), Swedish flygning (“flying”), Norwegian flyvning, flygning, flyging, flying (“flying”).
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Forms
plural: flyingsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable