flight: Meaning and Definition of

flight

1. the act, manner, or power of flying.
2. the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object: a 500-mile flight; the flight of the ball.
3. a trip by an airplane, glider, etc.
4. a scheduled trip on an airline: a 5 o'clock flight.
5. a number of beings or things flying or passing through the air together: a flight of geese.
6. the basic tactical unit of military air forces, consisting of two or more aircraft.
7. the act, principles, or technique of flying an airplane: flight training.
8. a journey into or through outer space: a rocket flight.
9. swift movement, transition, or progression: the flight of time.
10. a soaring above or transcending ordinary bounds: a flight of fancy.
11. a series of steps between one floor or landing of a building and the next.
1. Seeflight arrow.
2. the distance such an arrow travels when shot.

1. (of wild fowls) to fly in coordinated flocks.

flight

1. an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
2. to force to flee or run away; rout: She succeeded in putting the intruder to flight.
3. to retreat; run away; flee: The wild animals took flight before the onrushing fire.