Flight
Definition of Flight
Pronunciation: flīt | n. | 1. | The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. | | 2. | The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure.Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. - Matt. xxiv. 20. | | 3. | Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly. | | 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. | | 5. | A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. | | 6. | A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.Not a flight drawn homeE'er made that haste that they have. - Beau. & Fl. | | 7. | The husk or glume of oats. | | 8. | a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane, spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon. | | 9. | A scheduled flight{8} on a commercial airline; as, the next flight leaves at 8 o'clock. |
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