flight
noun
1 flight
A formation of aircraft in flight.
Roget 287:
recession,
retirement,
withdrawal;
retreat;
retrocession
etc.
283†;
departure,
etc.
293;
recoil
etc.
277;
flight
etc.
(avoidance)
623.
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Roget 102:
multitude;
numerous
etc.
adj.;
numerosity,
numerality;
multiplicity;
profusion
etc.
(plenty)
639;
legion,
host;
great number,
large number,
round number,
enormous number;
a quantity,
numbers,
array,
sight,
army,
sea,
galaxy;
scores,
peck,
bushel,
shoal,
swarm,
draught,
bevy,
cloud,
flock,
herd,
drove,
flight,
covey,
hive,
brood,
litter,
farrow,
fry,
nest;
crowd
etc.
(assemblage)
72;
lots;
all in the world and his wife.
[Increase of number]
greater number,
majority;
multiplication,
multiple.
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Roget 293:
departure,
decession†,
decampment;
embarkation;
outset,
start;
removal;
exit
etc.
(egress)
295;
exodus,
hejira,
flight.
leave taking,
valediction,
adieu,
farewell,
goodbye,
auf wiedersehen [G.],
sayonara,
dosvidanya [Rus.],
ciao,
aloha,
hasta la vista [Sp.];
stirrup cup;
valedictorian.
starting point,
starting post;
point of departure,
point of embarkation,
place of departure,
place of embarkation;
port of embarkation;
airport,
take-off point,
taxiing runway,
runway,
launching pad,
spaceport.
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Polish: klucz
2 flight
An instance of traveling by air.
synonym: flying.
Roget 274:
velocity,
speed,
celerity;
swiftness
etc.
adj.;
rapidity,
eagle speed;
expedition
etc.
(activity)
682;
pernicity†;
acceleration;
haste
etc.
684.
spurt,
rush,
dash,
race,
steeple chase;
smart rate,
lively rate,
swift rate
etc.
adj.;
rattling rate,
spanking rate,
strapping rate,
smart pace,
lively pace,
swift pace,
rattling pace,
spanking pace,
strapping pace;
round pace;
flying,
flight.
lightning,
greased lightning,
light,
electricity,
wind;
cannon ball,
rocket,
arrow,
dart,
hydrargyrum [Lat.],
quicksilver;
telegraph,
express train;
torrent.
eagle,
antelope,
courser,
race horse,
gazelle,
greyhound,
hare,
doe,
squirrel,
camel bird,
chickaree†,
chipmunk,
hackee [U.S.],
ostrich,
scorcher [Slang].
Mercury,
Ariel†,
Camilla†,
Harlequin.
[Measurement of velocity]
log,
log line;
speedometer,
odometer,
tachometer,
strobe,
radar speed detector,
radar trap,
air speed gauge,
wind sock,
wind speed meter;
pedometer.
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Roget 267:
navigation;
aquatics;
boating,
yachting;
ship
etc.
273;
oar,
paddle,
screw,
sail,
canvas,
aileron.
natation†,
swimming;
fin,
flipper,
fish's tail.
aerostation†,
aerostatics†,
aeronautics;
balloonery†;
balloon
etc.
273;
ballooning,
aviation,
airmanship;
flying,
flight,
volitation†;
wing,
pinion;
rocketry,
space travel,
astronautics,
orbital mechanics,
orbiting.
voyage,
sail,
cruise,
passage,
circumnavigation,
periplus†;
headway,
sternway,
leeway;
fairway.
mariner
etc.
269.
flight,
trip;
shuttle,
run,
airlift.
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Dutch: aviatiek, luchtvaart, luchtvaartverkeer, luchtverkeer, vliegerij, vliegverkeer
Polish: latanie
3 flight
4 flight
The act of escaping physically:
— His flight was an indication of his guilt.
synonym: escape.
Roget 623:
abstention,
abstinence;
for bearance†;
refraining
etc.
v.;
inaction
etc.
681;
neutrality.
avoidance,
evasion,
elusion;
seclusion
etc.
893.
avolation†,
flight;
escape
etc.
671;
retreat
etc.
287;
recoil
etc.
277;
departure
etc.
293;
rejection
etc.
610.
shirker
etc.
v.;
truant;
fugitive,
refugee;
runaway,
runagate;
maroon.
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Roget 671:
escape,
scape;
avolation†,
elopement,
flight;
evasion
etc.
(avoidance)
623;
retreat;
narrow escape,
hairbreadth escape;
close call;
come off,
impunity.
[Means of escape]
loophole
etc.
(opening)
260;
path
etc.
627;
refuse
etc.
666;
vent,
vent peg;
safety valve;
drawbridge,
fire escape.
reprieve
etc.
(deliverance)
672;
liberation
etc.
750.
refugee
etc.
(fugitive)
623.
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Dutch: ontsnapping, vlucht
5 flight
An air force unit smaller than a squadron.
Polish: eskadra
6 flight
Passing above and beyond ordinary bounds.
7 flight
The path followed by an object moving through space.
synonym: trajectory.
Dutch: baan, kogelbaan, vlucht
Polish: tor, trajektoria
8 flight
A flock of flying birds.
Dutch: vlucht
9 flight
A scheduled trip by plane between designated airports.
Dutch: vliegreis, vlucht
Polish: lot
verb
1 flight
2 flight
3 flight
Decorate with feathers.
synonym: fledge.
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