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1. The action or process of travelling by air
   "flight was still an exciting adventure for him";
   - flying
    
2. A scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
   "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
    
3. A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
   - flight of stairs, flight of steps
    
4. An air force unit smaller than a squadron
    
5. Passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
   "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
    
6. The path followed by an object moving through space
   - trajectory
    
7. A flock of flying birds
    
8. A formation of aircraft in flight
    
9. The act of escaping physically
   "his flight was an indication of his guilt";
   - escape
    
10. A tail on an arrow or dart used to help it follow a straight path

1. Shoot a bird in flight
    
2. Fly in a flock
   "flighting wild geese"
    
3. Decorate with feathers
   "flight an arrow";
   - fledge

Derived forms: flights, flighting, flighted

Type of: adorn, air, air travel, air unit, aviation, beautify, blow away [informal], creative thinking, creativeness, creativity, decorate, embellish, flock, fly, formation, grace, mechanical phenomenon, ornament, pip [informal], running away, shoot, smoke [N. Amer, informal], staircase, stairway, trip, wing

Encyclopedia: Flight, Bremen 1961