Fly, v. t.
1. To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.
The brave black flag I fly. --W. S. Gilbert.
2. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
Sleep flies the wretch. --Dryden.
To fly the favors of so good a king. --Shak.
3. To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.]
4. To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an aëroplane.
To fly a kite Com., to raise money on commercial notes. [Cant or Slang]