fly-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: (cause to) float in or move through air

Examples:
Man cannot fly.
The Piper J-3 cub is the plane that taught America to fly!
She flies F-16s.
Let's go fly a kite!
The nations fly their flags in front of the UN.
We flew blind through the fog.
An enemy plane flew by.
They were open-cockpit mail pilots who flew contact.
They flew on through the night.
We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America.
She is flying to Cincinnati tonight.
Are we driving or flying?
Linbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic.

Mappings:
VerbNet: drive-11.5-1,nonvehicle-51.4.2,run-51.3.2,spatial_configuration-47.6
FrameNet: Self_motion,Motion,Bringing,Operate_vehicle,Ride_vehicle
PropBank: fly.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fly_on 1
fly_contact 1
fly_blind 1
fly_by 1

Sense Number 2: move quickly (from one state/location to another)

Examples:
He flew about the place.
Rumors and accusations are flying.
He flew into a rage.
Time flies like an arrow.
He threw down his gun and fled.
All my money flew dramatically out of my hand.
He really flew off the handle when I suggested selling the house.
The door flew open.

Mappings:
VerbNet: run-51.3.2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fly_off_the_handle 1
fly_open 1

Sense Number 3: hit a fly (baseball)

Examples:
Miranda flied out to right field.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 13

Sense Number 4: leave

Commentary: Includes: FLY THE COOP

Examples:
After years of fighting with my mother, my father finally flew the coop.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fly_the_coop 1

Sense Number 5: be elated or successful

Commentary: Includes: FLY HIGH

Examples:
He was flying high in the summer months.
The company was flying high as a maker of personal computers.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fly_high 1, 2

Sense Number 6: go against

Commentary: Includes: FLY IN THE FACE OFF, FLY IN THE TEETH OF

Examples:
This action flies in the face of the government.
His ideas flew in the teeth of Aristotle's.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM