Meaning of flight in English

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Verb
flight
Definitions
1. shoot a bird in flight
Derived terms
- flying
2. fly in a flock
Examples
- « flighting wild geese »
Derived terms
- flying
3. decorate with feathers
Examples
- « fledge an arrow »
Noun
flight
Etymology
Old English flyht ‘action or manner of flying’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlucht and fly. This was probably merged in Middle English with an unrecorded Old English word related to German Flucht and to flee, which is represented by sense 3 of the noun
Definitions
1. a formation of aircraft in flight
2. an instance of traveling by air
Examples
- « flying was still an exciting adventure for him »
Derived terms
3. a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
4. the act of escaping physically
Examples
- « he made his escape from the mental hospital »
- « the canary escaped from its cage »
- « his flight was an indication of his guilt »
Derived terms
5. an air force unit smaller than a squadron
6. passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
Examples
- « a flight of fancy »
- « flights of rhetoric »
- « flights of imagination »
7. the path followed by an object moving through space
8. a flock of flying birds
9. a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
Examples
- « I took the noon flight to Chicago »

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