Kite vs Kiteflying - What's the difference?
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A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae belonging to one of the following groups:
# Any bird of subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring.
# A bird of genus Elanus , having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering. Also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
A lightweight toy or other device carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
* {{quote-news, 1906, September 12, , Water Kites, Fairbanks Evening News, page=2
, passage=The purpose of the water kite is to float beneath or beside the ship at a depth sufficient to insure safety.}}
(label) A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.
(label) A fraudulent draft, such as a check one drawn on insufficient funds or with altered face value.
* {{quote-news, 1991, May 21, Alex Barnum, Suspect Named in Kiting Case, San Jose Mercury News
, passage= But she said, "if this was a kite , he didn't realize that you don't have the float time of the old days," which made check-kiting easier. }}
(label) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
* {{quote-book, 2002, Erin Sullivan, Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape, page=144-145
, passage=Frequently a kite formation is created by one of the planets in the trine by its opposition to another planet, which allows expulsion and redirection of the pent-up energy associated with a closed circuit.}}
(label) An aircraft, or aeroplane.
* {{quote-book, 2004, Harry Foxley, Marking Time: An Account Of Ordinary Soldiering, page=133
, passage=This time, the engine roared and the kite rocked against the brakes then sluggishly rolled down the strip.}}
A lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding-sail.
* {{quote-book, 1863, , 3=
, passage=Our good master keeps his kites up to the last moment, studding-sails alow and aloft, and, by incessant straight steering, never loses a rod of way.}}
A spinnaker.
A short letter.
(label) A rapacious person.
* Shakespeare
A fish, the brill.
To fly a kite.
To glide in the manner of a kite.
To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
To toss or cast.
* {{quote-book, 1942, , Phantom Lady, page=189
, passage=Lombard swung at the sweet pea he had dropped, caught it neatly with the toe of his shoe, and kited it upward with grim zest, as though doing that made him feel a lot better.}}
(label) To write a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
(label) To cause an increase, especially in costs.
(label) To keep ahead of (a pursuing monster or mob) in order to attack it repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
* {{quote-book, 2001, Juanita Jones, Everquest Player's Guide: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, page=87
, passage=If you're pulling or kiting a creature and it aggros an innocent passer-by, it's your fault and you should apologize.}}
To deflect sideways in the water.
* {{quote-us-patent, 1973, Clarence K. Chatten, Weather Resistant Segmented Fairing for a Tow Cable, 3899991
, passage=This column action causes the tow line to kite either to the port or the starboard side,
To send a short letter.
* {{quote-book, 1966, Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women: A Study of a Women's Prison
, passage=I have been working like a dam mule this morning and just found time to kite you.}}
To steal.
* {{quote-book, 1994, , The Shawshank Redemption, page=36
, passage= Andy also kept a box of that in his cell, although he didn't get it from me — I imagine he kited it from the prison laundry.}}
(label) To hunt with a hawk.
(label) A weight-measure unit from Ancient Egypt, equivalent to 0.1 deben
The flying of kites.
(archaic) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal.
As nouns the difference between kite and kiteflying
is that kite is a bird of prey of the family accipitridae belonging to one of the following groups: or kite can be the stomach; belly or kite can be (label) a weight-measure unit from ancient egypt, equivalent to 01 deben while kiteflying is the flying of kites.As a verb kite
is to fly a kite.kite
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Etymology 1
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- (Francis Bacon)