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Noun
S:
(n)
flight
(a formation of aircraft in flight)
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S:
(n)
flight
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flying
(an instance of traveling by air)
"flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
S:
(n)
flight
,
flight of stairs
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flight of steps
(a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next)
S:
(n)
escape
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flight
(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"
S:
(n)
flight
(an air force unit smaller than a squadron)
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S:
(n)
flight
(passing above and beyond ordinary bounds)
"a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
S:
(n)
trajectory
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flight
(the path followed by an object moving through space)
S:
(n)
flight
(a flock of flying birds)
S:
(n)
flight
(a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports)
"I took the noon flight to Chicago"
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sister term
Verb
S:
(v)
flight
(shoot a bird in flight)
S:
(v)
flight
(fly in a flock)
"flighting wild geese"
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S:
(v)
fly
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wing
(travel through the air; be airborne)
"Man cannot fly"
S:
(v)
buzz
(fly low)
"Planes buzzed the crowds in the square"
S:
(v)
rack
(fly in high wind)
S:
(v)
flight
(fly in a flock)
"flighting wild geese"
S:
(v)
fly on
(continue flying)
S:
(v)
soar
(fly upwards or high in the sky)
S:
(v)
hover
(hang in the air; fly or be suspended above)
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sentence frame
S:
(v)
fledge
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flight
(decorate with feathers)
"fledge an arrow"