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flight in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. 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"
    escape  flight 
  2. an instance of traveling by air
    "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
    flight  flying 
  3. a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
    "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
    flight 
  4. a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
    flight  flight of stairs  flight of steps 
  5. passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
    "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
    flight 
  6. an air force unit smaller than a squadron
    flight 
  7. a formation of aircraft in flight
    flight 
  8. a flock of flying birds
    flight 
  9. the path followed by an object moving through space
    trajectory  flight 
verb
  1. decorate with feathers
    "fledge an arrow"
    fledge  flight 
  2. fly in a flock
    "flighting wild geese"
    flight 
  3. shoot a bird in flight
    flight 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University