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flight
has definitions from the fields of transportation,architecture,military,biology,zoology,physics,arms
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[ noun ] (military) a formation of aircraft in flight
Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)Water splashed against his windshield as he led the flight in and out of showers . He spread the flight out and led them across a point of land and_then down the coast . His earphones were constantly full of the sounds of enemy contacts made by other flights . Only one of the flight scored a direct hit and the rest blew_up jungle . He was about to make a gas check on his flight when Todman 's voice broke_in : `` Sweeneys ! Related terms |
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[ noun ] (transportation) an instance of traveling by air
Synonyms Examples "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Their flight was delayed , Dunn said , when a boarding ramp inflicted some minor damage to the wing of the plane . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)She grasped the chair arms and brought her thin body upright , like a bird alert for flight . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)But Mary would soon no_longer be living there , for she would be notified in a_few days that her husband had died in an accident while on a flight to Tahiti . Related terms air_travel pass sortie glide flyover acrobatics solo terrain_flight blind_flying overflight ballooning fly fly fly |
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[ noun ] (architecture) a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
Synonyms Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)But Mercer hung_on , living , after_a_fashion , in a Greenwich_Village fourth flight walk-up . (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)`` Facing us , two flights up . He took several large swallows , recollected that Docherty had gone_up another flight , and decided he would be wise to cover himself by finding him . He climbed , as quickly as he could urge his body , up the two unbroken flights to the third floor , pulling himself along on a delicate balustrade , all that remained of the building 's beauty . (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)The Palace was an elaborate establishment , built practically on stilts in_front , with long flights of wooden steps running up to the porch . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of escaping physically
Synonyms Examples "he made his escape from the mental hospital" "the canary escaped from its cage" "his flight was an indication of his guilt" Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)MacLean stressed correctly the importance of the visceral_brain for preservation of the individual and the species , as evidenced by the influence of the limbic_brain ( including the hypothalamus ) on emotions related_to fight and flight and also on sexual functions . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)It was my initiation to war and the insane symphony war plays ; for what had happened on the common was only terror and flight ; but this grinning , broken head , not ten feet away from me , was the sharp definition of what my reality had become . Related terms running_away exodus getaway evasion Underground_Railroad hegira break flee |
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[ noun ] (military) an air force unit smaller than a squadron
Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)Greg himself took two flights , with Todman leading the second , to patrol and look_for targets of opportunities around Ormoc on the east coast of Leyte . Greg rumbled down the rough metal taxi_strip , and one_by_one the seven members of his flight fell_in behind him . He possessed the fighter pilot 's horror of bad_weather and instrument_flying , and he wondered , if the ceiling did drop , whether he and the other flights would be able to find their way back in_this unfamiliar territory . Related terms |
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[ noun ] passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
Examples "a flight of fancy" "flights of rhetoric" "flights of imagination" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)In May , 1803 , Ritter , in another flight of fancy , wrote to Oersted a letter that contained a remarkable prophecy . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (physics) the path followed by an object moving through space
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[ noun ] (biology,zoology) a flock of flying birds
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[ verb ] fly in a flock, as of wild geese
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 29010
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[ verb ] (arms) shoot a bird in flight
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[ noun ] (transportation) a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
Examples "I took the noon flight to Chicago" |
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