n.
- the action or process of flying.
▸a journey made in an aircraft or in space.
▸the movement or trajectory of a projectile through the air.
- a flock of birds or body of insects flying in the air.
- a group of aircraft operating together, especially an RAF or USAF unit of about six aircraft.
- the action of fleeing.
- a series of steps between floors or levels.
▸a sequence of locks by which a canal ascends an incline.
▸a series of hurdles across a racetrack.
- a highly imaginative but impractical idea:
a flight of fancy.
- the tail of an arrow or dart.
v.
- Brit. (in sport) deliver (a ball) with well-judged trajectory and pace.
- provide (an arrow or dart) with a flight.
- shoot (wildfowl) in flight.
Phrase
- in full flight
while moving very fast. - take flight
- (of a bird) take off and fly.
- flee.
Etymology
OE flyht, of Gmc origin; rel. to fly1.