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Flight

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe act of flying.
"Most birds are capable of flight."
2.NounAn instance of flying.
"The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa."
3.NounA collective term for doves or swallows.
"a flight of swallows"
4.NounA trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
"The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.; Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.; He is taking the 5 o' clock flight to London in the morning."
5.NounA series of stairs between landings.
6.NounA group of canal locks with a short distance between them
7.NounA floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
"How many flights is it up?"
8.NounThe feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
9.NounA paper airplane. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
10.NounThe movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
11.NounThe ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
12.NounAn aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
13.NounAn air force unit.
14.NounA numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
15.NounSeveral sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
16.NounA comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
17.NounThe shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
18.NounAn episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
"a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination"
19.NounAn advertising campaign of fixed length.
20.AdjectiveFast, swift, fleet.
21.VerbTo throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
22.VerbTo throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
23.NounThe act of fleeing.
"take flight; the flight of a refugee"
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