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| action verb |
a verb that shows its subject performing some action. "Run," "eat," "fly," and "sing" are examples of action verbs. |
| aircraft |
any machine that can fly through the air, such as an airplane, helicopter, glider, or balloon. |
| airline |
a system of transportation that allows people to fly from one place to another, or a business that owns and operates the equipment to do this. |
| airliner |
a large airplane used to fly people from one place to another. |
| airplane |
a machine that can fly because of the force of air upon its wings; plane. An airplane is driven by propellers or a jet engine. |
| bird |
an animal with two wings, two feet, and a body covered with feathers. Most birds can fly. Birds are warm-blooded animals with skeletons inside their bodies. Birds lay eggs with hard shells. Robins, eagles, chickens, and ostriches are a few of the many kinds of birds. |
| bumblebee |
a large, furry bee, often with black and yellow stripes. Bumblebees make a loud humming or buzzing noise when they fly. |
| buzz |
to fly over very low in an aircraft. [1/4 definitions] |
| dodo |
a large bird, now extinct, with wings so small that it could not fly. Dodos were once found on islands in the Indian Ocean. |
| emu |
a large bird with long legs that runs very fast but can not fly. Emus live in Australia. |
| flagpole |
a pole on which to hang or fly a flag. |
| flew |
a past tense of "fly1." |
| flied |
a past tense and past participle of "fly1" (used with verb sense 6). |
| flit |
to fly or move in a quick or light way. |
| flown |
a past participle of "fly1." |
| flutter |
to fly with quick, light wing movements. [1/5 definitions] |
| fly1 |
to hit a baseball or softball into the air. (This is the only meaning of "fly" for which "flied" is the correct past tense.) [2/9 definitions] |
| flying |
being able to fly or seeming to fly. [2/4 definitions] |
| horsefly |
a large fly that is sometimes found in large numbers around horses, cows, or other animals. Female horseflies bite and feed on the blood of people and animals. |
| navigate |
to sail, fly, or travel across, along, or through. [1/5 definitions] |
| ostrich |
a large, powerful African bird that can run very fast but cannot fly. It has two toes on each foot and no feathers on its long legs and neck. |
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