flight

Meanings

• a formation of aircraft in flight
• an instance of traveling by air
• a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
• the act of escaping physically
  • "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
• an air force unit smaller than a squadron
• passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
  • "a flight of fancy"
  • "flights of rhetoric"
  • "flights of imagination"
• the path followed by an object moving through space
• a flock of flying birds
• a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
  • "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
• shoot a bird in flight
• fly in a flock
  • "flighting wild geese"
• decorate with feathers

Synonyms

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