FLIGHT
\flˈa͡ɪt], \flˈaɪt], \f_l_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of FLIGHT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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shoot a bird in flight
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a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
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passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
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an air force unit smaller than a squadron
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a formation of aircraft in flight
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a flock of flying birds
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decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"
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fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese"
By Princeton University
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shoot a bird in flight
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a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
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passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
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an air force unit smaller than a squadron
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a formation of aircraft in flight
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a flock of flying birds
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fly in a flock, as of wild geese
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.
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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.
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A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
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A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.
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The husk or glume of oats.
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Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soaing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
By Oddity Software
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The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.
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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.
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A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
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A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.
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The husk or glume of oats.
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Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soaing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
By Noah Webster.
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The act, process, manner, or power of flying; hasty departure; birds flying together; a soaring forth; the ascent of an airplane; a distance traveled by an airplane; the distance traveled by a projectile; a shower or volley; a series of steps.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A passing through the air; a soaring; excursion; a sally; a series of steps; a flock of birds flying together; the birds produced in the same season; a volley or shower; act of fleeing; hasty removal.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act, process, or power of flying or of fleeing; swift movement; the distance traveled, as by a projectile.
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A flock or swarm of flying creatures.
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A lofty and sustained effort.
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An ascent or series, as of stairs.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The husks or glume of oats.
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The act of fleeing; hasty departure; the act of flying; manner of flying; removal by flying; a number, specially of birds, flying together; the birds produced in the same season; a volley, as of arrows; a soaring; excursion; extravagant sally, as a flight of folly; a series of steps.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A hasty removal; the act of flying or fleeing; a volley or shower, as of darts or arrows; an excursion, as a flight of the imagination; a mounting; a soaring; an extravagant sally, as of ambition; space passed, as by flying; a flock of birds or winged creatures; birds produced in the same season; a series, as stairs.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] Act of fleeing; hasty departure; escape;—the act of flying; mode or style of flying;—a number of beings or things passing through the air together; a flock of birds;—a discharge or volley, as of arrows;—a mounting; a soaring; lofty elevation, as of imagination;—extravagant range, as of folly;—display or caprice, as of temper;—periodical migration of birds;—the birds produced in one season;—a reach of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
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The act of flying or running from danger; the act of using wings; removal from place to place by means of wings; a flock of birds flying together; the birds produced in the same season, as the harvest Flight of pigeons; a volley, a shower; the space past by flying; heat of imagination, sally of the soul.
By Thomas Sheridan
