rack vs fly
fly vs rackrack and fly both are nouns.
rack is not an adjective while fly is an adjective.
rack and fly both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rack | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| fly | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As verbs,
fly is a hypernym of
rack; that is, fly is a
word with a broader meaning than rack:
- rack: fly in high wind
- fly: travel through the air; be airborne
Other hypernyms of rack include
wing.
| rack (noun) | fly (noun) |
|---|---|
| a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air |
| a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body | two-winged insects characterized by active flight |
| a support for displaying ot holding various articles | an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth |
| an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
| the destruction or collapse of something | fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect |
| rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton |
| rack (adjective) | fly (adjective) |
|---|---|
| (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked |
| rack (verb) | fly (verb) |
|---|---|
| torture on the rack | decrease rapidly and disappear |
| seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block | change quickly from one emotional state to another |
| place in a rack | transport by aeroplane |
| work on a rack | hit a fly |
| stretch to the limits | travel through the air; be airborne |
| torment emotionally or mentally | operate an airplane |
| go at a rack | move quickly or suddenly |
| draw off from the lees | run away quickly |
| run before a gale | travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft |
| fly in high wind | travel in an airplane |
| obtain by coercion or intimidation | pass away rapidly |
| put on a rack and pinion | cause to fly or float |
| be dispersed or disseminated | |
| display in the air or cause to float |
Words related to "rack"
- anguish
- barbecue
- barbeque
- bicycle parking rack
- bicycle rack
- bicycle stand
- bier
- bike parking rack
- bike rack
- bike stand
- bleed
- carrier
- clutch
- coat rack
- coatrack
- crown roast
- cruet-stand
- cut
- cut of meat
- demolition
- destruction
- dish rack
- draw
- dress rack
- excruciate
- extort
- fleece
- fly
- gait
- gazump
- gouge
- hatrack
- hayrack
- hook
- hurt
- instrument of torture
- lay
- magazine rack
- music rack
- music stand
- navigation
- overcharge
- pace
- pain
- pilotage
- piloting
- pipe rack
- place
- plate rack
- pluck
- plume
- pose
- position
- prehend
- process
- put
- put to work
- rack of lamb
- rack up
- rob
- sail
- scud
- seize
- set
- single-foot
- soak
- spice rack
- spit
- squeeze
- stand
- strain
- stress
- stretch
- support
- surcharge
- take hold
- take hold of
- take out
- tie rack
- toastrack
- torment
- torture
- torturing
- towel horse
- towel rack
- tripod
- try
- wheel
- wing
- wipeout
- work
- work on
- wrack
- wring
Words related to "fly"
- Britain
- Diptera
- Great Britain
- Haematobia irritans
- Musca domestica
- Sarcophaga carnaria
- Texas leaguer
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- abscond
- absquatulate
- air
- air travel
- aircraft
- airlift
- alert
- alula
- aviate
- aviation
- ball
- balloon
- baseball
- baseball game
- be adrift
- bee fly
- blast
- blow
- blow fly
- blowfly
- bolt
- break
- break away
- break loose
- bunk
- buzz
- calypter
- carry
- change
- colloquialism
- control
- decamp
- decrease
- defect
- desert
- diminish
- dipteran
- dipteron
- dipterous insect
- drift
- dry fly
- elapse
- elope
- escape
- fall
- fell
- fish lure
- fisherman's lure
- flap
- flare
- flat-hat
- flee
- flesh fly
- flier
- flight
- float
- fly
- fly ball
- fly blind
- fly contact
- fly front
- fly on
- fly sheet
- fly tent
- fly the coop
- flyer
- flying
- gadfly
- garment
- get away
- glide
- glide by
- glossina
- go
- go along
- go by
- go off
- hang glide
- head for the hills
- hedgehop
- high-tail
- hightail
- hightail it
- hit
- hitting
- horn fly
- house fly
- housefly
- hover
- hydroplane
- jet
- journey
- kite
- lam
- lapse
- lessen
- lift
- line drive
- liner
- locomote
- make off
- move
- opening
- operate
- order Diptera
- pass
- pilot
- pop fly
- pop-fly
- pop-up
- rack
- rainfly
- red-eye
- run
- run away
- run off
- sailplane
- scarper
- scat
- seaplane
- show
- slide by
- slip away
- slip by
- soar
- solo
- stampede
- streamer fly
- striking
- tachina fly
- take flight
- take to the woods
- tent flap
- tent-fly
- test fly
- transport
- travel
- tsetse
- tsetse fly
- turn tail
- two-winged insects
- tzetze
- tzetze fly
- vanish
- vaporize
- watchful
- wet fly
- wing
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