kite
kite — noun
- kitesingular
- kitesplural
1. A light toy with a frame and thin covering that people send up into the wind on
A light toy with a frame and thin covering that people send up into the wind on a string.
Amani ran across the beach until the red kite caught the wind.
collocation: kite caught the wind
Ilan tied a longer string to the kite before the school fair.
Renata helped her brother lift the kite above the field.
Selim folded the kite carefully after the rain started.
Yumi bought a dragon kite at the night market by the river.
- paper kite
A more specific kind of kite made with a light paper covering.
文法句型
fly a kite
kite + string
用法筆記
This sense usually refers to the toy itself, while the verb sense describes the activity of flying it.
常見錯誤
2. A hawk-like bird with long wings that hunts small animals and often circles high
A hawk-like bird with long wings that hunts small animals and often circles high overhead.
Hugo watched a kite circle above the rice fields at noon.
pattern: a kite circle above + place
Sirin pointed to a kite carrying a fish over the harbor.
Christopher saw two kites drifting over the cliffs near the lighthouse.
Eliska photographed a kite as it dropped suddenly toward the grass.
Nikhil heard the chicks go silent when a kite passed overhead.
文法句型
a kite circles overhead
a kite hunts small animals
用法筆記
Learners often meet this sense in bird names such as red kite or black kite, not as a general label for every hawk.
kite — verb
- kitepresent simple I / you / we / they
- kitesthird person singular
- kitedpast tense
- kiting-ing form
1. To send a kite up on a string, or to rise or move in a light, quick way.
To send a kite up on a string, or to rise or move in a light, quick way.
Sahil kited with his cousins on the hill after lunch.
intransitive: kite on + place
When the door opened, the plastic bag kited across the station floor.
figurative: move lightly across a surface
The gull kited above the boats while fishermen pulled in nets.
Our blue banner kited upward as the truck sped away.
文法句型
kite on + place
kite + adverb/preposition
kite + object
用法筆記
Used literally for flying a toy, and more loosely for things that rise or stream lightly through the air. In the second use, the subject is often a bird, bag, scarf, or banner.
2. To obtain cash or credit by using a check that has no real funds behind it.
To obtain cash or credit by using a check that has no real funds behind it.
The cashier suspected that the customer was kiting checks between two banks.
finance: kiting checks between banks
Investigators found that the shop owner had kited thousands of dollars.
The company collapsed after executives spent months kiting bad checks.
Bank staff reported the broker for kiting funds through empty accounts.
- defraud
A broader legal term; 'kite' names this particular check-based method.
文法句型
kite checks
kite funds
kite + money
用法筆記
This sense appears in finance and fraud cases. The object is usually checks, money, or funds, and the verb implies deliberate deception rather than a simple banking error.