Definitions for the word "flight" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The husk or glume of oats.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 a act or manner of flying. B movement or passage through the air. 2 a journey through the air or in space. B timetabled airline journey. 3 flock of birds, insects, etc. 4 (usu. Foll. By of) series, esp. Of stairs. 5 imaginative excursion or sally (flight of fancy). 6 (usu. Foll. By of) volley (flight of arrows). 7 tail of a dart. [old english: related to *fly1]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
9. n.
Fleeing, hasty retreat. put to flight cause to flee. Take (or take to) flight flee. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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