flight
Meaning of flight
- the action or process of flying through the air.
an eagle in flight
the history of space flight
- a flock or large body of birds or insects in the air, especially when migrating.
flights of whooper swans
- the action of fleeing.
the enemy were now in flight
a headlong flight from reality
- a series of steps between floors or levels.
I climbed the three flights of stairs which led to his office
- a selection of small portions of a particular type of food or drink (especially alcohol) intended to be tasted together for the purpose of comparison.
I had a flight of four ales and liked them all
- an extravagant or far-fetched idea or thought process.
his research assistant was prone to flights of fancy
- the tail of a dart.
- (in soccer, cricket, etc.) deliver (a ball) with well-judged trajectory and pace.
he flighted a free kick into the box
- provide (an arrow or dart) with feathers or vanes.
shafts of wood flighted with a handful of feathers
- shoot (wildfowl) in flight.
duck and geese flighting
Old English flyht ‘action or manner of flying’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlucht and fly1. This was probably merged in Middle English with an unrecorded Old English word related to German Flucht and to flee, which is represented by sense 3 of the noun.
Information about flight
- The plural form of flight is: flights.
- Languages in which flight is used:
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Hyphenation of flight
flight
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- flight is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
flight synonyms
Meaning flying:
Meaning escape:
Meaning trajectory:
Meaning fledge:
Meaning flying or rising high in the air:
Meaning the sport of flying in a glider:
Meaning the flying or operating of aircraft:
Meaning the science or practice of building or flying aircraft:
Meaning a number of birds of one kind feeding, resting, or travelling together:
Meaning a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted:
Meaning a large group of people or things of a particular kind:
Meaning a small flock of birds, especially partridge:
Meaning a large number of honeybees that leave a hive en masse with a newly fertilized queen in order to establish a new colony:
Meaning a large number of insects or birds moving together:
Meaning a fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, or something similar on itself and tightening it:
Meaning a group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together:
Meaning an escape or quick departure, especially after committing a crime:
Meaning run away from a place or situation of danger:
Meaning leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest:
Meaning an act of moving back or withdrawing:
Meaning the action of leaving, especially to start a journey:
Meaning a way out of a building, room, or passenger vehicle:
Meaning a mass departure of people:
Meaning leave a place suddenly or secretly:
Meaning an act of someone or something ceasing to be visible:
Meaning disappear suddenly and completely:
Meaning a set of stairs and its surrounding walls or structure:
Translation of flight
- German: Flug, Flucht
- French: vol, fuite, volée, kat
- Spanish: vuelo, escape, fuga, escuadrilla
- Portuguese: vôo, voo
- Italian: volo, fuga, stormo
Words that rhyme with flight
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