fledge, feather
(verb) grow feathers; “The young sparrows are fledging already”
fledge, flight
(verb) decorate with feathers; “fledge an arrow”
fledge
(verb) feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fledge (third-person singular simple present fledges, present participle fledging, simple past and past participle fledged)
(transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
(intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
(transitive) To decorate with feathers.
(intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.
fledge (not comparable)
(archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
Source: Wiktionary
Fledge, a. Etym: [OE. flegge, flygge; akin to D. vlug, G. flĂĽgge, flĂĽcke, OHG. flucchi, Icel. fleygr, and to E. fly. Fly, v. i.]
Definition: Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. Hfledge with wings. Milton.
Fledge, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Fledged; p. pr. & vb. n. Fledging.]
1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. L'Estrange.
2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering. Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
