flight

1
[ flahyt ]
/ flaɪt /

noun

verb (used without object)

(of wild fowls) to fly in coordinated flocks.

Origin of flight

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English flyht; cognate with Dutch vlucht; akin to fly1

Definition for flight (2 of 2)

flight 2
[ flahyt ]
/ flaɪt /

noun

an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.

Origin of flight

2
1150–1200; Middle English; cognate with German Flucht; akin to flee

Example sentences from the Web for flight

British Dictionary definitions for flight (1 of 2)

flight 1
/ (flaɪt) /

noun

verb

Word Origin for flight

Old English flyht; related to Middle Dutch vlucht, Old Saxon fluht

British Dictionary definitions for flight (2 of 2)

flight 2
/ (flaɪt) /

noun

the act of fleeing or running away, as from danger
put to flight to cause to run away; rout
take flight or take to flight to run away or withdraw hastily; flee

Word Origin for flight

Old English flyht (unattested); related to Old Frisian flecht, Old High German fluht, Old Norse flōtti

Idioms and Phrases with flight

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