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| flight [ flīt ] |
noun (plural flights) |
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1. process or act of flying: the process or act of moving through the air or through space
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2. air trip: a trip through air or space in a form of transportation
  daily flights of a thousand miles or more
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3. travel scheduled flight: a scheduled flight with a commercial airline, usually designated by letters and numbers
flight TC546 to Vancouver
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4. ability to fly: the ability to travel through the air with wings
an experimental ultralight tested for flight
an ancient bird incapable of flight
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5. buildings series of steps between floors: a group of stairs that go from one level of a building to another
We live three flights up.
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6. group flying together: a group of aircraft or birds flying together, sometimes in a set pattern
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7. air force group of military aircraft: a group of aircraft in the U.S. Air Force that forms a subdivision of a squadron
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8. rapid movement: swift passage, progress, or motion, especially through the air
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9. extraordinary mental feat: an act or the process of imagining extraordinary things
a flight of the imagination
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10. archery leisure tail of arrow or dart: the feathers on an arrow or dart
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verb (past and past participle flight·ed, present participle flight·ing, 3rd person present singular flights) |
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1. intransitive verb fly together: to fly or migrate together
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2. transitive verb hunting shoot flying bird: in hunting, to shoot a bird as it flies
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3. transitive verb archery leisure put tail on arrow or dart: to put feathers on an arrow or dart
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4. transitive verb launch object on floating course: to make a ball or dart seem to float inexorably toward its target
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| [ Old English flyht< Germanic] |
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take flight to start flying from a stationary position
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