flies

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of fly. Use this form when you mean more than one fly.

   The flies kept landing on our food during the picnic.

   She swatted at the flies buzzing around the kitchen.

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular of fly. Use this form with he, she, or it.

   A bird flies over the lake every evening.

   She flies to her grandmother's house each summer.

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3. 3
   nounplural

   The space high above a stage where scenery and lights are hung out of sight.

   Like a hidden space above the stage where scenery waits until it is needed.

   The crew raised the painted backdrop up into the flies between scenes.

   Stagehands stored the extra lights in the flies above the stage.

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