Definition of "flight" in Anglais

noun

1. The act of flying.

   • Most birds are capable of flight.

2. An instance of flying.

   • The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.

3. (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.

   • a flight of swallows

4. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.

   • The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.
   • Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.
   • He is taking the 5 o' clock flight to London in the morning.

5. A series of stairs between landings.

6. A group of canal locks with a short distance between them

7. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.

   • How many flights is it up?

8. The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.

9. A paper airplane.

10. (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.

11. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.

12. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.

13. An air force unit.

14. (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.

15. Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.

16. (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.

17. (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.

18. An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.

    • a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination

19. (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.

adjective

1. (obsolete) Fast, swift, fleet.

verb

1. (cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.

2. (sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.

noun

1. The act of fleeing.