flight
noun
[ flʌɪt ]
• the action or process of flying through the air.
• "an eagle in 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"
Similar:
escape,
getaway,
fleeing,
running away,
absconding,
retreat,
departure,
hasty departure,
exit,
exodus,
decamping,
disappearance,
vanishing,
• 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.
flight
verb
• (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"
Origin:
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.
