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Meanings of flies in English

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The zipper or set of buttons at the front of a pair of trousers.

Usage of flies in English
1
In the middle of this Richard flies to Europe with his family.
Black is the new white
2
We would see the fire-flies winking in the bush above the beaches
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917
3
Fama, fame; volat, flies; Idomoeea ducem, that Idomaeeus the leader; pulsum, expelled.
Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood
4
There are fire-flies in it; I shall see them and follow you.
Atlantida
5
It exists everywhere in legions; crowding, soiling everything, like flies in summer.
Essays of Schopenhauer
6
He flies in bands from everywhere, even Europe if he has to.
Dating game
7
In an icy hurricane it flies, swirling in the darkness of hell.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems
8
Fifteen miles as the crow flies is the usual limit of vision.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
9
The vegetable matter remaining in the cans soon decays and attracts flies.
Camping For Boys
10
He catches flies at second slip and provides handy late runs, too.
The Guardian
11
Consistent with this, PER protein levels are higher in flies overexpressing dod.
Pubmed
12
Next month he flies to the United States on a similar mission.
Reuters
13
Nevertheless, mutant flies develop with near normal timing into morphologically normal adults.
Pubmed
14
Apart from the flies, Sciver said her first WBBL experience was enjoyable.
The Guardian
15
From within comes the steady, somnolent buzz of a great many flies.
Black house
16
The dragon-fly has no song; it flies about without making a noise.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Record of Five Years' Explor...
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Australia
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