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								capable of or engaged in flight the bat is a flying animal
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								moving swiftly
 fast-flying planes
 played the difficult passage with flying fingers
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								streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
 flying banners
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								designed for swift movement or action
 a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city
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								of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation)
 a flying time of three hours between cities
 unidentified flying objects
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								hurried and brief
 paid a flying visit
 took a flying glance at the book
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								done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line
 a flying start
 crossed the goal line with a flying leap
 
 'flying' - used as a noun
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								an instance of traveling by air
 flying was still an exciting adventure for him
 
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