Definitions for flight

Definitions for (noun) flight

Main entry: escape, flight

Definition: the act of escaping physically

Usage: he made his escape from the mental hospital; the canary escaped from its cage; his flight was an indication of his guilt


Main entry: flight

Definition: a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports

Usage: I took the noon flight to Chicago


Main entry: flight, flying

Definition: an instance of traveling by air

Usage: flying was still an exciting adventure for him


Main entry: flight, flight of stairs, flight of steps

Definition: a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next


Main entry: flight

Definition: passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

Usage: a flight of fancy; flights of rhetoric; flights of imagination


Main entry: flight

Definition: an air force unit smaller than a squadron


Main entry: flight

Definition: a formation of aircraft in flight


Main entry: flight

Definition: a flock of flying birds


Main entry: trajectory, flight

Definition: the path followed by an object moving through space


Definitions for (verb) flight

Main entry: fledge, flight

Definition: decorate with feathers

Usage: fledge an arrow


Main entry: flight

Definition: fly in a flock

Usage: flighting wild geese


Main entry: flight

Definition: shoot a bird in flight


Visual thesaurus for flight