Flight
[flaɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; 'I took the noon flight to Chicago'.
(noun.) an instance of traveling by air; 'flying was still an exciting adventure for him'.
(noun.) a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next.
(noun.) passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; 'a flight of fancy'; 'flights of rhetoric'; 'flights of imagination'.
(noun.) an air force unit smaller than a squadron.
(noun.) a formation of aircraft in flight.
(noun.) a flock of flying birds.
(verb.) fly in a flock; 'flighting wild geese'.
(verb.) shoot a bird in flight.
Edited by Brent--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
(n.) The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.
(n.) Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
(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.
(n.) A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
(n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.
(n.) The husk or glume of oats.
Checker: Mimi
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Flying, soaring, mounting, volitation.[2]. Fleeing, hasty departure.[3]. Flock (of birds).[4]. Volley, shower.
Editor: Rhoda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Volitation, departure, escape, evasion, disappearance, flying, stampede,soaring, begin, fleeing, exodus
ANT:Recurrence, return, reappearance, perching, alighting, repose
Inputed by Gretchen
Definition
n. a passing through the air: a soaring: excursion: a sally: a series of steps: a flock of birds flying together: the birds produced in the same season: a volley or shower: act of fleeing: hasty removal.—adj. Flight′ed (Milt.) flying.—adv. Flight′ily.—n. Flight′iness.—adj. Flight′y fanciful: changeable: giddy.
Inputed by Bobbie
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of flight, signifies disgrace and unpleasant news of the absent. For a young woman to dream of flight, indicates that she has not kept her character above reproach, and her lover will throw her aside. To see anything fleeing from you, denotes that you will be victorious in any contention.
Editor: Tess
Examples
- Miss Volumnia with a third little scream takes flight, wishing her hosts--O Lud! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was dined at the H?tel de Ville, given the Legion of Honor, and money was subscribed for a monument to mark the place near Calais where he commenced his flight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Simpson in his flight had dropped his cravat, and Straker had picked it up--with some idea, perhaps, that he might use it in securing the horse's leg. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Plain and hill, stream and corn-field, were discernible below, while we unimpeded sped on swift and secure, as a wild swan in his spring-tide flight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Tarzan paused in his flight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It flashed upon Miss Pross's mind that the doors were all standing open, and would suggest the flight. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- His appearance, different from any I had ever before seen, and his flight, somewhat surprised me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Warlike Tribes have been put to flight so easily by civilised armies in modern times that such tribes have been doubted as possessing their boasted or even natural courage. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Bois-Guilbert's new shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- On being informed of the old man's flight, his fury was unbounded. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If they are interrupted in their flight she will be sure to come back to me, and I ought to be at the house to receive her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He turned past the door of the parental bedroom like a shadow, and was climbing the second flight of stairs. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The moment that retreat had changed into a flight (as it was sure from its very character to do), he darted up the steps to Margaret. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Oliver felt such fear come over him when he recognised the place, that, for the instant, he forgot the agony of his wound, and thought only of flight. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A few weeks afterwards the poor woman's soul took its flight, I confidently hope, and solemnly believe, to a place of eternal happiness and rest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- On succeeding days longer flights were made, one of two miles at a speed of forty-six miles an hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination, and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The persecutors denied that there was any particular gift in Mr. Chadband's piling verbose flights of stairs, one upon another, after this fashion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I shall say you're old-fashioned, and prefer walking up the five flights because you don't like lifts. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The early flights with No. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- After many experiments they succeeded, and on December 17, 1903, the first airship made four flights at Kitty Hawk. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We imitate, says the guide in the Utopian land, also flights of birds; we have some degree of flying in the air; we have ships and boats for going under water. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At first few visitors panted up the long flights of steps to the breezy platform. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was up three flights of stairs backward, at an Italian warehouse. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- They were ready to try mechanical flights in places where the wind-conditions were less favorable than at Kitty Hawk. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They are men of remarkable balance, and it was their quality of unremitting care that made them the wonder of Europe, used above all things else to the dramatic in men’s flights through air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- These stairs are a part of the bridge; they consist of three flights. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You go up nine flights of stairs before you get to the first floor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The pictures were taken during the army test flights at Fort Myer, Virginia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A German engineer, Otto Lilienthal, made a study of the mechanics of birds’ flights, and determined to learn their secret by actual trial. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typist: Winfred