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Noun | 1. | ![]() formation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" |
2. | ![]() air travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" aerobatics, stunt flying, stunting, acrobatics - the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft blind flying, blind landing - using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. ballooning - flying in a balloon fly-by, flypast, flyover - a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground maiden flight - the first flight of its kind; "the Stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989" overflight - a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory) pass - a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass" solo - a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied sortie - (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation) low level flight, terrain flight - flight at very low altitudes | |
3. | flight - a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next | |
4. | ![]() running away - the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be evasion - the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking, break - an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" lam, getaway - a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam" skedaddle - a hasty flight | |
5. | flight - an air force unit smaller than a squadron air unit - a military unit that is part of the airforce | |
6. | flight - passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination" | |
7. | ![]() mechanical phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects ballistic trajectory, ballistics - the trajectory of an object in free flight gravity-assist - (spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field | |
8. | flight - a flock of flying birds flock - a group of birds | |
9. | flight - a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago" connecting flight - a flight with an intermediate stop and a change of aircraft (possibly a change of airlines) direct flight - a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft domestic flight - a flight that begins and ends in the same country international flight - a flight that takes off in one country and lands in another nonstop, nonstop flight - a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination; "how many nonstops are there to Dallas?" redeye, redeye flight - a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning" trip - a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center" | |
Verb | 1. | flight - shoot a bird in flight |
2. | flight - fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese" | |
3. | flight - decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" |