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.