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. An air force unit smaller than a squadron
   "The flight of fighters intercepted the incoming bombers"
    
4. A flock of flying birds
   "A flight of geese flew south for the winter"
    
5. A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
   "She climbed the flight of stairs to reach her apartment on the third floor";
   - flight of stairs, flight of steps
    
6. Passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
   "flights of imagination"; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"
    
7. The path followed by an object moving through space
   "The rocket's flight was carefully calculated before launch";
   - trajectory
    
8. A formation of aircraft in flight
   "A flight of bombers passed overhead"
    
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
    "The archer carefully adjusted the flight on his arrow"

1. Fly in a flock
   "flighting wild geese"
    
2. Shoot a bird in flight
   "The hunter flighted several ducks during the morning hunt"
    
3. Decorate with feathers
   "The costume designer flighted the headdress";
   - 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, fancify, flock, fly, formation, grace, mechanical phenomenon, ornament, pip [informal], running away, shoot, smoke [N. Amer, informal], staircase, stairway, trip, wing

Encyclopedia: Flight, Bremen 1961