flight
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- n a formation of aircraft in flight
- n an instance of traveling by air
- n a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- n the act of escaping physically
his flight was an indication of his guilt - n an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- n passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
a flight of fancy
flights of rhetoric
flights of imagination - n the path followed by an object moving through space
- n a flock of flying birds
- n a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
I took the noon flight to Chicago - v shoot a bird in flight
- v fly in a flock
flighting wild geese - v decorate with feathers
- Two minutes later, the flight of American One was overand so were the lives of its 95 passengers and crew members.
- Commercial flights, not affected by the light wind, were using the same runway but in the opposite direction (designated Runway 27, short for 270).
- A holiday flight in Japan slams into a mountain and takes 520 lives.