Dictionary entry details
• FLIGHT (noun)
Meaning:
A formation of aircraft in flight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("flight" is a kind of...):
formation (an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit)
Meaning:
An instance of traveling by air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
flying; flight
Context example:
flying was still an exciting adventure for him
Hypernyms ("flight" is a kind of...):
air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flight"):
low level flight; terrain flight (flight at very low altitudes)
sortie ((military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation))
solo (a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied)
pass (a flight or run by an aircraft over a target)
overflight (a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory))
maiden flight (the first flight of its kind)
glide; gliding; sailing; sailplaning; soaring (the activity of flying a glider)
fly-by; flyover; flypast (a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground)
ballooning (flying in a balloon)
blind flying; blind landing (using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.)
acrobatics; aerobatics; stunt flying; stunting (the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft)
Meaning:
A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
flight of stairs; flight of steps; flight
Hypernyms ("flight" is a kind of...):
staircase; stairway (a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps)
Meaning:
The act of escaping physically
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
escape; flight
Context examples:
he made his escape from the mental hospital / the canary escaped from its cage / his flight was an indication of his guilt
Hypernyms ("flight" is a kind of...):
running away (leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flight"):
evasion (the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver)
skedaddle (a hasty flight)
exodus; hegira; hejira (a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment)
getaway; lam (a rapid escape (as by criminals))
break; breakout; gaolbreak; jailbreak; prison-breaking; prisonbreak (an escape from jail)
Instance hyponyms:
Hegira; Hejira (the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year)
Underground Railroad; Underground Railway (secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War)
Meaning:
An air force unit smaller than a squadron
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("flight" is a kind of...):
air unit (a military unit that is part of the airforce)
Meaning:
Passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context examples:
a flight of fancy / flights of rhetoric / flights of imagination
Hypernyms ("flight" is a kind of...):
creative thinking; creativeness; creativity (the ability to create)
Meaning:
The path followed by an object moving through space
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
trajectory; flight
Hypernyms ("flight" is a kind of...):
mechanical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flight"):
ballistic trajectory; ballistics (the trajectory of an object in free flight)
gravity-assist ((spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field)
Meaning:
A flock of flying birds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("flight" is a kind of...):
flock (a group of birds)
Meaning:
A scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
I took the noon flight to Chicago
Hypernyms ("flight" is a kind of...):
trip (a journey for some purpose (usually including the return))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flight"):
redeye; redeye flight (a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep)
nonstop; nonstop flight (a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination)
international flight (a flight that takes off in one country and lands in another)
domestic flight (a flight that begins and ends in the same country)
direct flight (a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft)
connecting flight (a flight with an intermediate stop and a change of aircraft (possibly a change of airlines))
• FLIGHT (verb)
Meaning:
Shoot a bird in flight
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "flight" is one way to...):
pip; shoot (kill by firing a missile)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Fly in a flock
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
flighting wild geese
Hypernyms (to "flight" is one way to...):
fly; wing (travel through the air; be airborne)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Decorate with feathers
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
fledge; flight
Context example:
fledge an arrow
Hypernyms (to "flight" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
