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Meaning of flight

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  flight
      n 1: a formation of aircraft in flight
      2: an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an
         exciting adventure for him" [syn: {flight}, {flying}]
      3: a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and
         the next [syn: {flight}, {flight of stairs}, {flight of
         steps}]
      4: 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" [syn: {escape},
         {flight}]
      5: an air force unit smaller than a squadron
      6: passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of
         fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
      7: the path followed by an object moving through space [syn:
         {trajectory}, {flight}]
      8: a flock of flying birds
      9: a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I
         took the noon flight to Chicago"
      v 1: shoot a bird in flight
      2: fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese"
      3: decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" [syn: {fledge},
         {flight}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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