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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fly in en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To use a flying switch to switch train cars.
  2. (of an aircraft) To land at an airfield.
    • Near by is the RAF museum at Duxford Airfield, open at weekends, which has a large display of aircraft. Trapped there is the prototype Concorde, which flew in but can never fly out, because the runway was shortened to make way for a motorway immediately after its arrival. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 233:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
flies in Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
flown in Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flying in Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flew in Tense=Past lexicographic