flight
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(noun) a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago" |
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Related Words: domestic flight, international flight, nonstop, nonstop flight, redeye, trip |
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(noun) an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
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Synonyms: flying |
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Related Words: acrobatics, aerobatics, air, air travel, aviation, ballooning, flyover, flypast, glide, gliding, low level flight, pass, sailing, sailplaning, soaring, solo, sortie, stunt flying, stunting, terrain flight |
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(verb) fly in a flock, as of wild geese |
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Related Words: fly, wing |
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(verb) shoot a bird in flight |
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Related Words: pip, shoot |
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(noun) a set of steps between one floor or landing and the next |
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Synonyms: flight of stairs, flight of steps |
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Related Words: staircase, stairs, stairway, steps |
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(noun) passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination" |
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Related Words: creativeness, creativity |
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(noun) a unit of the US air force smaller than a squadron |
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Related Words: air unit |
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(noun) a formation of aircraft in flight |
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Related Words: formation |
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(noun) a flock of flying birds |
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Related Words: flock |
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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" |
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Synonyms: escape |
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Related Words: Underground Railroad, Underground Railway, break, breakout, evasion, exodus, gaolbreak, getaway, hegira, hejira, jailbreak, lam, prison-breaking, prisonbreak, running away |
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(verb) decorate with feathers, as of an arrow or dart |
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Synonyms: fledge |
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Related Words: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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(noun) the path followed by a moving object |
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Synonyms: trajectory |
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Related Words: ballistic trajectory, ballistics, gravity-assist, mechanical phenomenon |
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