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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.

ChatGPT

  1. flies

    Flies refer to small winged insects that belong to the Diptera order. They are characterized by their two wings, compound eyes, and sucking or piercing mouthparts. Flies are commonly found all around the world and are known for their role in pollination as well as the transmission of diseases.

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. Zhang Lifan:

    I think we still cannot talk about him having achieved an overwhelming victory, in the past couple months, the crackdown on tigers has obviously slowed. Recently it has just been flies.

  2. Erin Loos Cutraro:

    It really flies in the face of conventional wisdom in politics, which is : be scripted, get it right, go back to the same few talking points, now we have a generation who -- not all, but some -- are tearing down those walls and saying,' This is what it looks like to run for office,' and I think that that overall authenticity and transparency only stands to benefit politics.

  3. Kathy Hochulsaid:

    No one saw how much we need test kits, but we truly were ahead of this, we ordered 37 million tests to be available. They're not all here yet. But every time a plane flies over, I'm saying: 'Is that the one that's got my supplies on it?' Because we're literally getting 500,000 here, another million here and we're getting them out so they'll be there when you need them to make sure your schools have everything they need.

  4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    When you search for happiness, it flies away. When you serve others, you will find the way. When you share blessings and express kindness, you will find the source of enduring happiness.

  5. Jonny Wilkinson:

    The organizers claim that all the balls are the same, but they're not, it's not exactly surprising that I wouldn't want a ball that flies miles from where it's supposed to.

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