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flight
1[ flahyt ]
noun
- the act, manner, or power of flying.
- the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object:
a 500-mile flight; the flight of the ball.
- a trip by an airplane, glider, etc.
- a scheduled trip on an airline:
a 5 o'clock flight.
- a number of beings or things flying or passing through the air together:
a flight of geese.
Synonyms:
- the basic tactical unit of military air forces, consisting of two or more aircraft.
- the act, principles, or technique of flying an airplane:
flight training.
- a journey into or through outer space:
a rocket flight.
- swift movement, transition, or progression:
the flight of time.
Synonyms: ,
- a soaring above or transcending ordinary bounds:
a flight of fancy.
- a series of steps between one floor or landing of a building and the next.
- a sampling of several wines or beers, or of a particular type of food, for the purpose of comparative tasting:
a customized wine flight for four people; a flight of appetizers.
- Archery.
- the distance such an arrow travels when shot.
verb (used without object)
- (of wild fowls) to fly in coordinated flocks.
flight
2[ flahyt ]
noun
- an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
flight
1/ ´Ú±ô²¹Éª³Ù /
noun
- the act, skill, or manner of flying
- a journey made by a flying animal or object
- a scheduled airline journey
- an aircraft flying on such a journey
- a group of flying birds or aircraft
a flight of swallows
- the basic tactical unit of a military air force
- a journey through space, esp of a spacecraft
- rapid movement or progress
- a soaring mental journey above or beyond the normal everyday world
a flight of fancy
- a single line of hurdles across a track in a race
- a series of such hurdles
- a bird's wing or tail feather; flight feather
- a feather or plastic attachment fitted to an arrow or dart to give it stability in flight
- See flight arrow
- the distance covered by a flight arrow
- sport cricket
- a flighted movement imparted to a ball, dart, etc
- the ability to flight a ball
- angling a device on a spinning lure that revolves rapidly
- a set of steps or stairs between one landing or floor and the next
- a large enclosed area attached to an aviary or pigeon loft where the birds may fly but not escape
verb
- tr sport to cause (a ball, dart, etc) to float slowly or deceptively towards its target
- intr (of wild fowl) to fly in groups
- tr to shoot (a bird) in flight
- tr to fledge (an arrow or a dart)
flight
2/ ´Ú±ô²¹Éª³Ù /
noun
- the act of fleeing or running away, as from danger
- put to flightto cause to run away; rout
- take flight or take to flightto run away or withdraw hastily; flee
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of flight1
Origin of flight2
Idioms and Phrases
- put to flight, to force to flee or run away; rout:
She succeeded in putting the intruder to flight.
The wild animals took flight before the onrushing fire.
More idioms and phrases containing flight
- put to flight
- take flight
Example Sentences
Sixty years ago, Tunnock's teacakes were banned from RAF flights after they exploded in a cockpit.
Since going bankrupt in 2011, Strasbourg, who climbed back to the top flight from the amateur fifth tier, built a strong fan-centric culture with former France international Marc Keller as president.
The prime minister is not a man known for flights of rhetorical fancy.
They don’t care if “Pedro caught a bad flight. That was collateral damage,†they say when discussing a father who had no criminal past being transported to a foreign prison by Trump’s ICE teams.
Starting with flights booked on or after May 28, only customers with certain qualifications will receive free checked bags, the airline announced Tuesday.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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