flight

Meanings

Plural: flights

Noun

• a formation of aircraft in flight
• an instance of traveling by air
• a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
• the act of escaping physically
  • "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
• an air force unit smaller than a squadron
• passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
  • "a flight of fancy"
  • "flights of rhetoric"
  • "flights of imagination"
• the path followed by an object moving through space
• a flock of flying birds
• a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
  • "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
• The act of flying.
• An instance of flying.
• A collective term for doves or swallows.
• A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
• A series of stairs between landings.
• A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
• A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
• The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
• A paper airplane.
• The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
• The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
• An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
• An air force unit.
• A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
• Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
• A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
• The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
• An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
• An advertising campaign of fixed length.
• The act of fleeing.

Verb

• shoot a bird in flight
• fly in a flock
  • "flighting wild geese"
• decorate with feathers
• To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
• To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.

Adj

• Fast, swift, fleet.

Synonyms

escape, fledge, flight of stairs, flight of steps, flying, trajectory

Related Words

flee, fly

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