flight

1. n. The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Source: opted

2. n. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure. Source: opted

3. n. Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly. Source: opted

4. n. A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows. Source: opted

5. n. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. Source: opted

6. n. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft. Source: opted

7. n. The husk or glume of oats. Source: opted

8. n. a formation of aircraft in flight Source: wordnet

9. n. an instance of traveling by air Source: wordnet

10. n. a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next Source: wordnet

11. n. the act of escaping physically Source: wordnet

12. n. an air force unit smaller than a squadron Source: wordnet

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