flight
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noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The act of flying.
Most birds are capable of flight.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)An instance of flying.
The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
- 3.
(collective, countable, uncountable)A collective term for doves or swallows.
a flight of swallows
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(countable, uncountable)A 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.
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(countable, uncountable)A series of stairs between landings.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
How many flights is it up?
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- 9.
(countable, uncountable)A paper airplane.
- 10.
(countable, uncountable)(cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- 11.
(countable, uncountable)The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- 12.
(countable, uncountable)An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
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adjective- 1.
(obsolete)Fast, swift, fleet.
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verb- 1.
(cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
- 2.
(broadly, transitive)(sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
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thumb|right|A wikipedia:Mikoyan MiG-17|Mikoyan MiG-17F [[jet in flight]] thumb|A flight of stairs. From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (flight), from *fluhti (flight), derived from *fleuganą (to fly), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (to fly), enlargement of *plew- (flow). Analyzable as fly + -t (variant of -th).