flight

IPA: fɫˈaɪt

The act of flying.
An instance of flying.
(collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
A series of stairs between landings.
A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
A paper airplane.
(cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
An air force unit.
(US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
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.
(engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
The act of fleeing.

(cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
(sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.

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