flight

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

2. 2noun

   The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.

3. 3noun

   Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

   A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.

6. 6noun

   A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.

7. 7noun

   The husk or glume of oats.

8. 8noun

   the act of escaping physically

   "he made his escape from the mental hospital"

   "the canary escaped from its cage"

   Synonyms

   escape
9. 9noun

   a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports

   "I took the noon flight to Chicago"

10. 10noun

    an instance of traveling by air

    "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

    Synonyms

    flying
11. 11noun

    a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next

12. 12noun

    passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

    "a flight of fancy"

    "flights of rhetoric"

13. 13noun

    an air force unit smaller than a squadron

14. 14noun

    a formation of aircraft in flight

15. 15noun

    a flock of flying birds

16. 16noun

    the path followed by an object moving through space

    Synonyms

    trajectory
17. 17verb

    decorate with feathers

    "fledge an arrow"

    Synonyms

    fledge
18. 18verb

    fly in a flock

    "flighting wild geese"

19. 19verb

    shoot a bird in flight