Flight

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1 Noun

2 Adjective

2.1 Translations

3 Related terms

Noun

flight (countable and uncountable; plural flights)

The act of flying.
Birds are capable of flight
An instance of flying.
The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
A collective term for doves or swallows.
A journey made by a plane or space shuttle. It isn't used for journeys of other air or space vehicles.
The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight
The act of fleeing. (It is noun version of flee).
take flight'
A set of stairs or an escalator.
A floor which are reached to by stairs or escalators.
How many flights is it up?
A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
A paper plane.

Adjective

(obscure or slang) Wayward, opposed.
Nowadays we refer to people being flighty instead.

Translations

act of flying

Danish: flyvning c
Dutch: vlucht f, vliegen n
German: Flug m
Guarani: veve

Interlingua: volo
Portuguese: vôo m
Romanian: zbor n
Tupinambá: bebé

instance of flying

group of doves or swallows

journey made by an aircraft

Italian: volo m

Swedish: flight c

act of fleeing

French: fuite f

Swedish: flykt c

set of stairs

feather on an arrow

Related terms

flight path
in-flight
maiden flight
take flight

WordNet Definitions

nine

1. flight -- (a formation of aircraft in flight).
2. flight, flying -- (an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him").
3. flight, flight of stairs, flight of steps -- (a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next).
4. escape, flight -- (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").
5. flight -- (an air force unit smaller than a squadron).
6. flight -- (passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination").
7. trajectory, flight -- (the path followed by an object moving through space).
8. flight -- (a flock of flying birds).
9. flight -- (a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago").

three

1. flight -- (shoot a bird in flight).
2. flight -- (fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese").
3. fledge, flight -- (decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow").

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