Flight

1. The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure.
3. Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
4. A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows.
5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.
7. The husk or glume of oats.
8. a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane, spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.
9. A scheduled flight{8} on a commercial airline; as, the next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.
Flight feathers (Zoöl.),
the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See Bird.
To put to flight, To turn to flight ,
to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout.
to take a flight{9} ,
to make a trip in an airplane, especially a scheduled flight{9}.