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Flight word meaning and definition

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[noun] 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 guilt"
[noun] a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
[noun] an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
[noun] a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
[noun] passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
[noun] an air force unit smaller than a squadron
[noun] a formation of aircraft in flight
[noun] a flock of flying birds
[noun] the path followed by an object moving through space
[verb] decorate with feathers, as of an arrow or dart
[verb] fly in a flock, as of wild geese
[verb] shoot a bird in flight
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\Flight\ (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fle['o]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle['o]n to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See {Flee}, {Fly}.] 1. The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the night owl's lazy flight. --Shak. 2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure. Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. --Matt. xxiv. 20. Fain by flight to save themselves. --Shak. 3. Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa?ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly. Could he have kept his spirit to that flight, He had been happy. --Byron. His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor. --Macaulay. 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. --Swift. Swift flights of angels ministrant. --Milton. Like a flight of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. --Shak. 5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. --Parker. 6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See {Shaft}. [Obs.] Challenged Cupid at the flight. --Shak. Not a flight drawn home E'er made that haste that they have. --Beau. & Fl. 7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. {Flight feathers} (Zo["o]l.), the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See {Bird}. {To put to flight}, {To turn to flight}, to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout. Syn: Pair; set. See {Pair}.

Synonyms for flight

escape, fledge, flight of stairs, flight of steps, flying, trajectory

See also: aviation | beautify | blind flying | creativity | decorate | direct flight | domestic flight | embellish | evasion | fly | formation | glide | gliding | gravity-assist | international flight | ornament | overflight | prison-breaking | soaring | trip |

Related terms: army, ballooning, bunch, burnout, ceiling, cruising, dereistic thinking, dispatch, disperse, escape, fastness, fleeing, gaggle, immigration, lift-off, mounting, oblique motion, ongoing, plurality, prisonbreak, retreat, scape, shaft, sideward motion, skein, squadron, sternway, throng, tidy sum, upward motion

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Let's analyse "flight" as pure text. This string has Six letters in One syllable and One vowel. 16.7% of vowels is 21.9% less then average English word. Written in backwards: THGILF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1725 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: flight: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: flight: 6 + 3 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 2 = 35, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
F (1) 6 Lovers Practical, Faithful, Organizer
G (1) 7 Chariot Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
H (1) 8 Strength Couragous, Faithful, Caring
I (1) 9 Hermit Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (1) 12 Hanged Man Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
T (1) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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