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Noun flight has 9 senses

flight - a formation of aircraft in flight
--₁ is a kind of formation

flight, flying - an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
--₂ is a kind of air travel, aviation, air
--₂ has particulars:

Derived forms: verb flight₂, verb flight₁

flight, flight of stairs, flight of steps - a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
--₃ is a kind of stairway, staircase, stairs, steps
escape, flight - 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"
--₄ is a kind of running away
--₄ has particulars:
evasion; break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking; getaway, lam; exodus, hegira, hejira; Hegira, Hejira; Underground Railroad, Underground Railway

Derived form: verb flee₁
flight - an air force unit smaller than a squadron
--₅ is a kind of air unit
flight - passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
--₆ is a kind of creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
trajectory, flight - the path followed by an object moving through space
--₇ is a kind of mechanical phenomenon
--₇ has particulars: ballistics, ballistic trajectory; gravity-assist
flight - a flock of flying birds
--₈ is a kind of flock

Derived form: verb flight₂
flight - a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
--₉ is a kind of trip
--₉ has particulars:
connecting flight; direct flight; domestic flight; international flight; nonstop flight, nonstop; redeye, redeye flight

Verb flight has 3 senses

flight - shoot a bird in flight
--₁ is one way to shoot, pip

Derived form: noun flight₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
flight - fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese"
--₂ is one way to fly, wing

Derived forms: noun flight₈, noun flight₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
fledge, flight - decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"
--₃ is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something