![]() ![]() ![]() The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos 1924 Now when you're making a kite, you want to make a _kite_, not a paper doll! The boy _flies_ the kite, the verb _fly_ is _transitive_, and governs the noun _kite_ in the objective case.Įnglish Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham verb To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.verb rare, usually with "go" To fly a kite.noun sailing, dated A lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding-sail.noun astrology A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.noun banking A fraudulent draft, such as a check one drawn on insufficient funds or with altered face value. ![]() noun geometry A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.noun A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.noun A lightweight toy or other device carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.noun Any of falconiform birds of prey in the subfamily Elaninae of the family Accipitridae with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. intransitive verb Cant To raise money by “kites ”.noun (Zoöl.) an African falcon of the genus Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.noun (Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface - called also sentry.noun Cant Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods an accommodation check or bill.noun (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.noun (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.noun A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail. noun (Zoöl.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known.To fly commercial “kites” raise money or gain the temporary use of money by means of accommodation bills, or by borrowed, illegally certified, or worthless checks.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.To go or fly with great rapidity or with the ease of a kite: as, to go kiting about.The birds, taking this for a hawk, lie close, until the dogs are near. To fly a bird-shaped kite over a grouse moor: an English sporting-term.noun In geometry, a deltoid: so called by Sylvester from its resemblance to a spear-kite.noun Something thrown out as a suggestion to see ‘how the wind blows’-what the condition of public opinion is on a certain subject, or what conclusions may inferentially be drawn.noun A variety of tumbler, black, with the inner webs of the primaries red or yellow.noun Nautical, one of the highest and lightest sails one of the small sails that are usually spread in light winds, and furled in a strong breeze.noun A light frame, usually of wood and covered with paper, constructed for flying in the air by means of a long cord attached.noun A diurnal bird of prey of the family Falconidæ and subfamily Milvinæ a glede.intransitive verb To use (a check) in furtherance of a check kiting scheme.intransitive verb To get money or credit with a kite.intransitive verb To fly like a kite soar or glide.noun Any of various graceful predatory birds of the family Accipitridae, having long pointed wings and often a forked tail.noun Any of the light sails of a ship that are used only in a light wind.noun A quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of congruent, adjacent sides.noun A parafoil flown in a similar manner for recreation.noun A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string or multiple lines, especially for recreation.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. ![]()
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