meaning of flight
1. The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.
3. Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
4. 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.
5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.
7. The husk or glume of oats.
8. the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his
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