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flight in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
flight in Hindi हिन्दी
flight in Kashmiri कॉशुर
flight in Sindhi سنڌي
flight in Tamil தமிழ்
flight in English
- flight⇄expr. put to flight, to force to run away.
Ex. Our soldiers put the enemy to flight. - flight⇄expr. take to flight, to flee.
Ex. The remainder [of a herd of whales] took to flight when their companions were harpooned (F. D. Bennet). - flight⇄flight (1), noun, verb.
- flight⇄flight (2), noun.
1. the act of running away; escape.
Ex. The flight of the prisoners was discovered.
2. the act of absconding. - flight⇄noun 1. the act or manner of flying.
Ex. the flight of a bird through the air.
2. the distance a bird, bullet, airplane, missile, or other projectile can fly.
Ex. Because the Heron soars upward in the sky Above the arrow's flight (Robe - flight⇄v.i. 1. (of birds) to fly or travel in flights.
Ex. The wild geese are flighting (Rudyard Kipling).
2. (Obsolete.) to migrate. - flight⇄v.t. 1. to shoot (wild fowl) in flight.
2. to feather (an arrow).