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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fliesnoun

    (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)

Wiktionary

  1. fliesnoun

    The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.

  2. fliesnoun

    The trouser zip

Wikipedia

  1. flies

    Flies is a song by experimental hip hop group Death Grips. It was released as a single from their sixth studio album Year of the Snitch, on May 22, 2018, through Third Worlds, an imprint of Harvest Records.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Flies

    of Fly

Wikidata

  1. Flies

    "Flies" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the June 1953 issue of Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and later appeared in Asimov's collections Nightfall and Other Stories. The author's original title for the story was "King Lear, IV, i, 36–37", but Anthony Boucher, editor at the time, suggested a different title, which became "Flies".

Editors Contribution

  1. fliesverb

    Verb form of the word fly

    The aircraft flies at a specific altitude according to the flight route and flight path


    Submitted by MaryC on May 26, 2023  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FLIES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Flies is ranked #98099 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Flies surname appeared 185 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Flies.

    91.3% or 169 total occurrences were White.
    3.7% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Flies in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Flies in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Flies in a Sentence

  1. Candice Miller:

    Given the controversy surrounding Confederate imagery, I decided to install a new display, i am well aware of how many Americans negatively view the Confederate flag. And, personally, I am very sympathetic to these views.However, I also believe that it is not the business of the federal government to dictate what flag each state flies.

  2. Tiernan Sittenfeld:

    It clearly flies in the face of both his incredible climate accomplishments to date and his goal of cutting climate pollution in half by 2030, such significant swaths of the coalition that supports him are deeply opposed, and we’re seeing that this is incredibly galvanizing for young people.

  3. Michael Althsuler:

    The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.

  4. Athena Athena:

    Time flies and so do bullets.

  5. Samsung Electronics:

    Today's decision flies in the face of a unanimous Supreme Court ruling in favor of Samsung on the scope of design patent damages, we will consider all options to obtain an outcome that does not hinder creativity and fair competition for all companies and consumers.

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