fly – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to fly at sb
Participle: flown at sb
Gerund: flying at sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	fly at sb
you	fly at sb
he;she;it	flys at sb
we	fly at sb
you	fly at sb
they	fly at sb

Perfect

I	have flown at sb
you	have flown at sb
he;she;it	has flown at sb
we	have flown at sb
you	have flown at sb
they	have flown at sb

Past

I	flew at sb
you	flew at sb
he;she;it	flew at sb
we	flew at sb
you	flew at sb
they	flew at sb

Pluperfect

I	had flown at sb
you	had flown at sb
he;she;it	had flown at sb
we	had flown at sb
you	had flown at sb
they	had flown at sb

Future

I	will fly at sb
you	will fly at sb
he;she;it	will fly at sb
we	will fly at sb
you	will fly at sb
they	will fly at sb

Future Perfect

I	will have flown at sb
you	will have flown at sb
he;she;it	will have flown at sb
we	will have flown at sb
you	will have flown at sb
they	will have flown at sb

Subjunctive

Present

I	fly at sb
you	fly at sb
he;she;it	fly at sb
we	fly at sb
you	fly at sb
they	fly at sb

Perfect

I	have flown at sb
you	have flown at sb
he;she;it	have flown at sb
we	have flown at sb
you	have flown at sb
they	have flown at sb

Imperfect

I	flew at sb
you	flew at sb
he;she;it	flew at sb
we	flew at sb
you	flew at sb
they	flew at sb

Pluperfect

I	had flown at sb
you	had flown at sb
he;she;it	had flown at sb
we	had flown at sb
you	had flown at sb
they	had flown at sb

Conditional

Present

I	would fly at sb
you	would fly at sb
he;she;it	would fly at sb
we	would fly at sb
you	would fly at sb
they	would fly at sb

Perfect

I	would have flown at sb
you	would have flown at sb
he;she;it	would have flown at sb
we	would have flown at sb
you	would have flown at sb
they	would have flown at sb

Imperative

you	fly at sb
we	Let's fly at sb
you	fly at sb

Indicative

Present

I	am flying at sb
you	are flying at sb
he;she;it	is flying at sb
we	are flying at sb
you	are flying at sb
they	are flying at sb

Perfect

I	have been flying at sb
you	have been flying at sb
he;she;it	has been flying at sb
we	have been flying at sb
you	have been flying at sb
they	have been flying at sb

Past

I	was flying at sb
you	were flying at sb
he;she;it	was flying at sb
we	were flying at sb
you	were flying at sb
they	were flying at sb

Pluperfect

I	had been flying at sb
you	had been flying at sb
he;she;it	had been flying at sb
we	had been flying at sb
you	had been flying at sb
they	had been flying at sb

Future

I	will be flying at sb
you	will be flying at sb
he;she;it	will be flying at sb
we	will be flying at sb
you	will be flying at sb
they	will be flying at sb

Future Perfect

I	will have been flying at sb
you	will have been flying at sb
he;she;it	will have been flying at sb
we	will have been flying at sb
you	will have been flying at sb
they	will have been flying at sb

Conditional

Present

I	would be flying at sb
you	would be flying at sb
he;she;it	would be flying at sb
we	would be flying at sb
you	would be flying at sb
they	would be flying at sb

Perfect

I	would have been flying at sb
you	would have been flying at sb
he;she;it	would have been flying at sb
we	would have been flying at sb
you	would have been flying at sb
they	would have been flying at sb

Verbs conjugated like 'fly'

fly, outfly,

Verbs similar to 'fly'

cly, fay, fey, flay, fley, fry, ply, affy, ally, bay,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flee: rush, dart, retreat, escape
travel very fast: move quickly
do an act suddenly: rush
to do things quickly and impatiently: get a move on, haul, haul ass, haul one's ashes, hie, hump it, hurry, hustle, make tracks, move it, rush, scream, shift, swap, vamoose
soar: flap, fleet, flit, sail, flutter, sweep, hover
glide: elapse, pass, slip
navigate: pilot, aviate, operate, jet, maneuver, control

Antonyms

travel very fast: move slowly

Additional Information

Cf. Old English flēogan. Check also flēon , flee.

Phrasal Verbs

~ about (somewhere), ~ around (somewhere), ~ at somebody, ~ into something,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *plew-
3. Proto-Indo-European *plewk-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
5. Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi
6. Proto-Germanic *fleuganą
7. Proto-West Germanic *fleugan
8. Old English flēogan
9. Middle English fliender.
10. English fly
11. From Middle English flei, fley, fleye, fleȝhenn, flien, fliȝe, flyen, flyyn, from Old English flēgan, flēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to flow, fly, run; to splash”), enlargement of *plew- (“to flow, fly, run”). Compare Etymology 1.
12. Cognates
13. Cognate with Scots flei (“to fly”), Yola vlee (“to fly”), North Frisian fli, fliin, fliine, fliinj, flä, fläie, flö (“to fly”), Saterland Frisian fljoge, fljooge (“to fly”), West Frisian fleane (“to fly”), Central Franconian fleeje (“to fly”), Dutch vliegen (“to fly”), Low German flegen (“to fly”), German fliegen (“to fly”), Luxembourgish fléien (“to fly”), Vilamovian fłig (“to fly”), Yiddish פֿליִען (flien, “to fly”), Danish flyve (“to fly”), Faroese fljúgva, flúgva (“to fly”), Icelandic fljúga (“to fly”), Norwegian Bokmål fly, flyge, flyve (“to fly”), Norwegian Nynorsk fljuga, fly, flyga, flyge (“to fly”), Scanian flyğa (“to fly”), Swedish flyga (“to fly”); also Cornish lew (“rudder”), Old Irish luí (“rudder”), Welsh llyw (“rudder”), Latin pluit, pluō (“to rain”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō, “to sail; to float”), Lithuanian plaukti (“to swim; to float”), Bulgarian пля́скам (pljáskam, “to slap; to clap; to splash; to jabber; to blemish”), Czech pleskat (“to slap; to flap, lap”), Macedonian плеска (pleska, “to slap”), Russian плеска́ть (pleskátʹ, “to splash”), Serbo-Croatian пље̏скати, pljȅskati (“to applaud; to slap”), Ukrainian плеска́ти (pleskáty, “to splash”), Armenian լուանալ (luanal), լվալ (lval), լվանալ (lvanal, “to wash”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B plu- (“to fly”), Sanskrit प्लु (plu, “to float; to sail”). More at flee and flow. See: Proto-Germanic '*fleuganą', Scots 'flei', Frisian, Saterlandic 'fljoge', Dutch 'vliegen', Low Saxon 'flegen', German, old spelling 'fliegen', Luxembourgish 'fléien', Danish 'flyve', Faroese 'fljúgva', Icelandic 'fljúga', Norwegian 'fly', Norwegian, nynorsk 'fljuga', Swedish 'flyga', Cornish 'lew', Greek, Ancient 'πλέω', Lithuanian 'plaukti', Bulgarian 'пля́скам', Czech 'pleskat', Macedonian 'плеска', Russian 'плеска́ть', Ukrainian 'плеска́ти', Armenian 'լուանալ', Sanskrit 'प्लु'.

Verbs referencing "fly"

Sranan frei, Norwegian fly, French flyer, Danish flyve, Norwegian, nynorsk flyga, Lithuanian plaukti, Luxembourgish fléien, Tok Pisin flai, Low Saxon flegen.

Sample Sentences

[...] (about anything in the whole wide world, I was not particular ) without the smallest effect. I could not even make out which was the sea, and which the sky, for the horizon seemed drunk, and was flying wildly about in all directions. Even in that incapable state, however, I recognised the lazy gentleman standing before me: nautically clad in a suit of shaggy blue, with an oilskin hat. But I was [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] I had left it overnight, it was dark, foggy, and damp, and there were bleak hills all round us. Now, we were gliding down a smooth, broad stream, at the rate of eleven miles an hour: our colours flying gaily; our crew rigged out in their smartest clothes; our officers in uniform again; the sun shining as on a brilliant April day in England; the land stretched out on either side, streaked with [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] large town, and dashes on haphazard, pell-mell, neck-or-nothing, down the middle of the road. There—with mechanics working at their trades, and people leaning from their doors and windows, and boys flying kites and playing marbles, and men smoking, and women talking, and children crawling, and pigs burrowing, and unaccustomed horses plunging and rearing, close to the very rails—there—on, on, on—tears [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] with its buoyant spirits, glistened as it seemed in sport upon its surface, and hemmed the vessel round, and plashed the water high about her sides, and, floating her gallantly into the dock, flew off again to welcome other comers, and speed before them to the busy port. (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] to the horses, who are kicking, and floundering, and straining under repeated cracks of the whip. Carriage springs up, with another bounce,—down go the hind wheels,—senator, woman, and child, fly over on to the back seat, his elbows encountering her bonnet, and both her feet being jammed into his hat, which flies off in the concussion. After a few moments the “ slough ” is passed, and [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] with another bounce,—down go the hind wheels,—senator, woman, and child, fly over on to the back seat, his elbows encountering her bonnet, and both her feet being jammed into his hat, which flies off in the concussion. After a few moments the “ slough ” is passed, and the horses stop, panting; — the senator finds his hat, the woman straightens her bonnet and hushes her child, and they brace [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
BLACK DRIVER (still to the horses). ‘Jiddy! Jiddy!’ Horses pull violently, drag the coach out of the hole, and draw it up a bank; so steep, that the black driver 's legs fly up into the air, and he goes back among the luggage on the roof. But he immediately recovers himself, and cries (still to the horses ), (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] on the other side at a fearful pace. It is impossible to stop them, and at the bottom there is a deep hollow, full of water. The coach rolls frightfully. The insides scream. The mud and water fly about us. The black driver dances like a madman. Suddenly we are all right by some extraordinary means, and stop to breathe. (American Notes for General Circulation)
As the boat stopped, a black woman came running wildly up the plank, darted into the crowd, flew up to where the slave gang sat, and threw her arms round that unfortunate piece of merchandise before enumerate—“John, aged thirty, ” and with sobs and tears bemoaned him as her husband. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] are unbroken by any sign of human life or trace of human footstep; nor is anything seen to move about them but the blue jay, whose colour is so bright, and yet so delicate, that it looks like a flying flower. At lengthened intervals a log cabin, with its little space of cleared land about it, nestles under a rising ground, and sends its thread of blue smoke curling up into the sky. It stands in [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
(flies buzzing ) (ominous music continues ) (The Caretaker)
♪ The guy who dug it, now into it flies ♪ (Nunakuzhi)

fly – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of fly

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'fly'

Verbs similar to 'fly'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "fly"

Sample Sentences