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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flight \Flight\ (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht a flying, fr fle['o]gan to fly; cf flyht a fleeing, fr fle['o]n to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw flykt G. flug a flying, Sw flygt D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See {Flee}, {Fly}.] 1. The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the night owl's lazy flight. --Shak. 2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away to escape or expected evil; hasty departure. Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. --Matt. xxiv. 20. Fain by flight to save themselves. --Shak. 3. Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa?ing; as a flight of imagination, ambition, folly. Could he have kept his spirit to that flight, He had been happy. --Byron. His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor. --Macaulay. 4. 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. --Swift. Swift flights of angels ministrant. --Milton. Like a flight of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. --Shak. 5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. --Parker. 6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also the sport of shooting with it See {Shaft}. [Obs.] Challenged Cupid at the flight. --Shak. Not a flight drawn home E'er made that haste that they have --Beau. & Fl 7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flight n 1: a formation of aircraft in flight 2: an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" [syn: {flying}] 3: a set of steps between one floor or landing and the next [syn: {flight of stairs}, {flight of steps}] 4: 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" [syn: {escape}] 5: a unit of the US air force smaller than a squadron 6: passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination" 7: the path followed by a moving object [syn: {trajectory}] 8: a flock of flying birds 9: a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago" v 1: shoot a bird in flight 2: fly in a flock, as of wild geese 3: decorate with feathers, as of an arrow or dart [syn: {fledge}]
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