Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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 of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. [1913 Webster] Like the night owl's lazy flight. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure. [1913 Webster] Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. --Matt. xxiv. 20. [1913 Webster] Fain by flight to save themselves. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly. [1913 Webster] Could he have kept his spirit to that flight, He had been happy. --Byron. [1913 Webster] His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Swift flights of angels ministrant. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Like a flight of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. --Parker. [1913 Webster] 6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See {Shaft}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Challenged Cupid at the flight. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Not a flight drawn home E'er made that haste that they have. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. [1913 Webster] 8. a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane, spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon. [PJC] 9. A scheduled flight[8] on a commercial airline; as, the next flight leaves at 8 o'clock. [PJC] {Flight feathers} (Zool.), the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See {Bird}. {To put to flight}, {To turn to flight}, to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout. {to take a flight[9]}, to make a trip in an airplane, especially a scheduled flight[9]. [1913 Webster + PJC] Syn: Pair; set. See {Pair}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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: {flight}, {flying}] 3: a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next [syn: {flight}, {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}, {flight}] 5: an air force unit 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 an object moving through space [syn: {trajectory}, {flight}] 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; "flighting wild geese" 3: decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" [syn: {fledge}, {flight}]