adj
Meaning 1
Fast, swift, fleet.
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Usage: obsolete
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adj
Fast, swift, fleet.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
The act of flying.
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noun
An instance of flying.
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noun
A collective term for doves or swallows.
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Usage: collective, countable, uncountable
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noun
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
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noun
A series of stairs between landings.
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noun
A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
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noun
A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
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noun
The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
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noun
A paper airplane.
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noun
The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
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noun
An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
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noun
An air force unit.
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noun
A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
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Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
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noun
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.
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noun
A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
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noun
The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
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noun
An advertising campaign of fixed length.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: advertising, broadcasting, business, marketing, media
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noun
The act of fleeing.
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verb
To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
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Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
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Usage: broadly, transitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
the act of escaping physically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: escape
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: running away
Narrower terms: evasion, break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking, getaway, lam, exodus, hegira, hejira, skedaddle, Underground Railroad, Underground Railway
noun
a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: trip
Narrower terms: connecting flight, direct flight, domestic flight, international flight, nonstop flight, nonstop, redeye, redeye flight
noun
an instance of traveling by air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: flying
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Broader terms: air travel, aviation, air
Narrower terms: acrobatics, aerobatics, stunting, stunt flying, blind flying, blind landing, ballooning, flyover, fly-by, flypast, glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing, maiden flight, overflight, pass, solo, sortie, terrain flight, low level flight
noun
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
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Synonyms: flight of stairs, flight of steps
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Broader terms: stairway, staircase
noun
passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
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Broader terms: creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
noun
an air force unit smaller than a squadron
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Broader terms: air unit
noun
a formation of aircraft in flight
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Broader terms: formation
noun
a flock of flying birds
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Broader terms: flock
noun
the path followed by an object moving through space
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Synonyms: trajectory
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Broader terms: mechanical phenomenon
Narrower terms: ballistics, ballistic trajectory, gravity-assist
verb
decorate with feathers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fledge
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Broader terms: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
verb
fly in a flock
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Broader terms: fly, wing
verb
shoot a bird in flight
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Broader terms: shoot, pip
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flight”), derived from *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”). Analyzable as fly + -t (variant of -th). Cognate with West Frisian flecht (“flight”), Dutch vlucht (“flight”), German Flucht (“flight”) (etymology 2).
From Middle English, from Old English flyht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti, derived from *fleuhaną (“to flee”). Analyzable as flee + -t (variant of -th). Cognate with Dutch vlucht, German Flucht (etymology 1).
Across languages
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