- fléoge
- f (-an/-an) any winged insect, fly
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
fléoge
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fly — I. verb (flew; flown; flying) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; akin to Old High German fliogan to fly and probably to Old English flōwan to flow Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move in or pass… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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pleu- — To flow. Derivatives include pulmonary, Pluto, flow, fowl, flutter, and fluster. I. Basic form *pleu . 1. plover, pluvial, pluvious … Universalium
fly — fly1 flyable, adj. flyability, n. /fluy/, v., flew or, for 11, 19, flied, flown, flying, n., pl. flies. v.i. 1. to move through the air using wings … Universalium
баттерфляй — Заимств. в XX в. из англ. яз., где butterfly «баттерфляй» из butterfly «бабочка» (< др. англ. butterflēoge сложения butter «желток» и flēoge «насекомое», от flīgen «летать»). Вид плаванья назван по сходству плывущего этим стилем человека с… … Этимологический словарь русского языка
fly — A two winged insect in the order Diptera. Important flies include Simulium (black f.), Calliphora (bluebottle f.), Piophila casei (cheese f.), Chrysops (deer f.), Siphona irritans (horn f.), Fannia scolaris (latrine f.), Oestrus ovis and… … Medical dictionary
flýge — see fléoge … Old to modern English dictionary
butterfly — but|ter|fly [ˈbʌtəflaı US ər ] n plural butterflies ↑antenna, ↑wing [: Old English; Origin: buterfleoge, from butere ( BUTTER1) + fleoge fly ; perhaps because many types of butterfly are yellow, or because people believed that butterflies steal… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fly — fly1 W2S2 [flaı] v past tense flew [flu:] past participle flown [fləun US floun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(travel by plane)¦ 2¦(move through the air)¦ 3¦(control a plane)¦ 4¦(send somebody/something by plane)¦ 5¦(use air company/service)¦ 6¦(cross sea by… … Dictionary of contemporary English
