flye

== English == === Alternative forms === fly === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /flaɪ/ Rhymes: -aɪ Homophone: fly === Noun === flye (plural flyes) (weightlifting) An exercise performed by moving extended arms through an arc while the elbows are kept at a fixed angle, especially those done to exercise the chest muscles. === Anagrams === fley, fyle, lyfe == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English flēoge, flīeġe, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugā, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ. ==== Alternative forms ==== fflye, fleȝe, fleie, fleye, flie, fliȝe, vlye flehe, vliȝe (Early Middle English) flei, fley (Northern) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈflei̯(ə)/, /ˈfliː(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈfleːɣ(ə)/, /ˈfleːj(ə)/ (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈfleː/ (Northern) ==== Noun ==== flye (plural flyes or fliȝen) Any insect capable of airborne motion. A fly (insect in the order Diptera) ===== Related terms ===== boterflye ===== Descendants ===== English: fly Scots: flee, fle, flei ===== References ===== “flīe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 May 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== flye alternative form of flien