escape, flight
(noun) the act of escaping physically; “he made his escape from the mental hospital”; “the canary escaped from its cage”; “his flight was an indication of his guilt”
flight
(noun) a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; “I took the noon flight to Chicago”
flight, flying
(noun) an instance of traveling by air; “flying was still an exciting adventure for him”
flight, flight of stairs, flight of steps
(noun) a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
flight
(noun) passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; “a flight of fancy”; “flights of rhetoric”; “flights of imagination”
flight
(noun) an air force unit smaller than a squadron
flight
(noun) a formation of aircraft in flight
flight
(noun) a flock of flying birds
trajectory, flight
(noun) the path followed by an object moving through space
fledge, flight
(verb) decorate with feathers; “fledge an arrow”
flight
(verb) fly in a flock; “flighting wild geese”
flight
(verb) shoot a bird in flight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flight (countable and uncountable, plural flights)
The act of flying.
An instance of flying.
The act of fleeing.
(collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
A series of stairs between landings.
A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
A paper plane.
(cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
An air force unit.
Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
(engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
• direct flight
• maiden flight
• spaceflight
• space flight
• test flight
flight (comparative more flight, superlative most flight)
(obsolete) Fast, swift, fleet.
flight (third-person singular simple present flights, present participle flighting, simple past and past participle flighted)
(cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
(sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
flight (countable and uncountable, plural flights)
The act of fleeing.
Source: Wiktionary
Flight, n. Etym: [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fleĂłgan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fleĂłn to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. sq. root84. See Flee, Fly.]
1. The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the night owl's lazy flight. Shak.
2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure. Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. Matt. xxiv. 20. Fain by flight to save themselves. Shak.
3. Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soaas, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly. Could he have kept his spirit to that flight, He had been happy. Byron. His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor. Macaulay.
4. A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows. Swift. Swift flights of angels ministrant. Milton. Like a flight of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. Shak.
5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. Parker.
6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft. [Obs.] Challenged Cupid at the flight. Shak. Not a flight drawn home E'er made that haste that they have. Beau. & Fl.
7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. to take a flight{9}. Flight feathers (Zoöl.), the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See Bird.
– To put to flight, To turn to flight, to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout.
Syn.
– Pair; set. See Pair.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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