flying: betydelser og definitioner

Of or relating to aviation: a flying time of three hours between cities.

Capable of or engaged in flight: The bat is a flying mammal.

Situated, extending, or functioning in the air: a flying deck.

Swiftly moving; fleet: played the difficult passage with flying fingers.

Done or performed swiftly in or as if in the air: crossed the goal line with a flying leap.

Brief; hurried: made a flying visit to the neighbors' house; took a flying glance at the report.

Capable of swift deployment or response; extremely mobile.

Nautical Not secured by spars or stays. Used of a sail.

Flight in an aircraft or spacecraft.

The piloting or navigation of an aircraft or spacecraft.

with flying colors With complete or outstanding success: passed the Latin examination with flying colors.