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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