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Sounds | flay't |
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Rhymes | acolyte, airtight, alight, and 175 more rhymes in ayt at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A formation of aircraft in flight. |
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Broader | formation |
Meaning | An instance of traveling by air. |
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Synonyms | flying |
Narrower | acrobatics, aerobatics, stunting, stunt flying; blind flying, blind landing; ballooning; flyover, flypast; glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing; overflight; pass; solo; sortie; terrain flight, low level flight |
Broader | air travel, aviation, air |
Verbs | flight; flight |
Meaning | A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next. |
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Synonyms | flight of stairs, flight of steps |
Broader | stairway, staircase, stairs, steps |
Meaning | The act of escaping physically. |
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Examples | "his flight was an indication of his guilt" |
Synonyms | escape |
Narrower | evasion; break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking; getaway, lam; exodus, hegira, hejira; Hegira, Hejira; Underground Railroad, Underground Railway |
Broader | running away |
Verbs | flee |
Meaning | An air force unit smaller than a squadron. |
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Broader | air unit |
Meaning | Passing above and beyond ordinary bounds. |
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Examples | "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination" |
Broader | creativity, creativeness, creative thinking |
Meaning | The path followed by an object moving through space. |
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Synonyms | trajectory |
Narrower | ballistics, ballistic trajectory; gravity-assist |
Broader | mechanical phenomenon |
Meaning | A flock of flying birds. |
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Broader | flock |
Verbs | flight |
Meaning | A scheduled trip by plane between designated airports. |
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Examples | "I took the noon flight to Chicago" |
Narrower | connecting flight; direct flight; domestic flight; international flight; nonstop flight, nonstop; redeye, redeye flight |
Broader | trip |
Meaning | Shoot a bird in flight. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | shoot, pip |
Nouns | flight |
Meaning | Fly in a flock. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "flighting wild geese" |
Broader | fly, wing |
Nouns | flight; flight |
Meaning | Decorate with feathers. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | fledge |
Broader | decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify |