Sekirov Dictionary

flight

/ˈflaɪ̯t/

noun 29
verb 2
adjective 1
forms 5
phrases 3

noun29

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The act of flying; the ability to fly.
- Most birds are capable of flight.
- Bats are born with the instinct of flight.
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a trip in a plane from one city or country to another
- 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.
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The aircraft used in a journey through air or space.
- He boarded the flight to Miami.
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An instance of flying.
- The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
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The trajectory or passage through air or space of a projectile, ship, etc.
- The space shuttle's flight was carefully calculated long before takeoff.
The movement of a spinning ball through the air from the bowler to where it bounces on the pitch.
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A series of stairs between landings.
- She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top. — 1967
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A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- How many flights up is it?
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A level of a terrace; a series of such levels making up a terrace.
- I'll start on the lowest flight of the terrace, you start at the top.
- The flight of terraces extended up fifty meters from the base.
A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
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A swift movement, especially as to escape; an escape.
- The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.
- The judge thought she was a flight risk.
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The act of fleeing.
- Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night, Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light. — 1859
(figurative) An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
An air force unit, ranked below a squadron, comprising several planes and their crews.
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A group of birds, especially doves (pigeons), goshawks or swallows.
- a flight of swallows
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A group of angels or types of angels, e.g., seraphim, cherubim.
- The central figure in the painting is a young woman, surrounded by a flight of angels.
Several sample glasses (usually three to five) of a specific wine varietal or other variations in wine, each sample comprising a smaller amount than a full glass of wine.
A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
A series of small dishes of food united by a purpose, category, etc.
A surface that aids in an item's purpose
The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
An aerodynamic surface designed to guide a projectile's trajectory.
The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
(US) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
A segment of a whole
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A group of competitors, divided by ability or other factors.
- The competing sprinters were divided into several flights.
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An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- After the first eight-week flight of advertising, the tracking research showed that consumers' predisposition to use Citi as a financial services provider jumped 50 percent. — 2006
A thing that flies or moves as if in flight
A paper airplane.

verb2

To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
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To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
- Riyad Mahrez flighted the free-kick that followed to the far post and Morgan, with not much finesse but plenty of desire, bundled the ball over the line. Cue pandemonium in the stands. — 2017

adjective1

(no longer used) Fast, swift, fleet.

forms

flighted · flighting · flights · more flight · most flight

Phrases with flight

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