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. flügge, flücke, 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
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
