Flight : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Flight	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flight n a formation of aircraft in flight an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" Synonym(s): flight, flying a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next Synonym(s): flight, flight of stairs, flight of steps 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" Synonym(s): escape, flight an air force unit smaller than a squadron passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination" the path followed by an object moving through space Synonym(s): trajectory, flight a flock of flying birds a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago" v shoot a bird in flight fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese" decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" Synonym(s): fledge, flight
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flight \Flight\ (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fle[a2]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle[a2]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 or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the night owl's lazy flight. --Shak. 2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure. Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. --Matt. xxiv. 20. Fain by flight to save themselves. --Shak. 3. Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa[?]ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly. Could he have kept his spirit to that flight, He had been happy. --Byron. His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor. --Macaulay. 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. Swift flights of angels ministrant. --Milton. Like a flight of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. --Shak. 5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. --Parker. 6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See {Shaft}. [Obs.] Challenged Cupid at the flight. --Shak. Not a flight drawn home E'er made that haste that they have. --Beau. & Fl. 7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.