Flight

What do we mean by flight?

The act or an instance of running away; an escape. noun

The motion of an object in or through a medium, especially through the earth's atmosphere or through space. noun

An instance of such motion. noun

The distance covered in such motion. noun

The act or process of flying through the air by means of wings. noun

The ability to fly. noun

A swift passage or movement. noun

A scheduled airline run or trip into space. noun

A group, especially of birds or aircraft, flying together. noun

A number of aircraft in the US Air Force forming a subdivision of a squadron. noun

A round of competition, as in a sports tournament. noun

An exuberant or transcendent effort or display. noun

A series of stairs rising from one landing to another. noun

A curved plate or flange that winds in a spiral around the center shaft of an auger, designed to transport loose material upward or backward along the shaft as the auger rotates. noun

To migrate or fly in flocks. intransitive verb

The act of fleeing; the act of running away to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure. noun

To put to flight; rout; frighten away.

An obsolete spelling of flite. noun

The act of flying.

An instance of flying.

The act of fleeing.

(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 plane.

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.

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.

The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.

Words that are spelled similarly to flight:
flight, light, fight, blight, plight, alight, slight, feight, fright.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word flight:
simulator, attendant, takeoff, soyuz, stairs, deck, boeing, feathers, cockpit, recorder, flown, instructor, shuttle, flew, aircraft, airplane, spacecraft, nasa, airline, altitude, flying, pilot, raf, aviation, runway, airport, crew, landing, plane, crash, fly, squadron, helicopter, simulation, prototype, testing, jet, apollo, rocket, airfield, wings, controls, lieutenant, scheduled, aboard, test, tests, launch, engineer, missile, planes, hours, landed, passenger, aerial, training, air, accident, departed, fighter, carrier, powered, radar, path, steps, tail, wing.

Words that rhyme with flight:
light, bite, right, white, insight, night, site, write, fight, despite, quite, expedite, smight, sight, trite, erudite, cite, blight, recondite, contrite, frostbite, plight, tight, alright, alight, oversight, bright, delight, lite, neophyte, highlight, spite, slight, acolyte, website, twilight, incite, luddite, height, mite, might, satellite, indict, fortnight, ignite, rite, hindsight, finite, kite, smite, apartheid, invite, forthright, knight, polite, appetite, outright, dight, parasite, plebiscite, wright, recite, underwrite, upright, backbite, foresight, excite, copyright, sprite, spotlight, sleight, unite, overwrite, overnight, limelight, rewrite, hermaphrodite, bight, indite, goodnight, downright, tripartite, fright, nite, uptight, moonlight, extradite, wight, apatite, byte, midnight, fahrenheit, graphite, lignite, feit, twite, dolomite, playwright, meteorite, brite.

Adjectives that are often used to describe flight:
first, long, short, full, last, next, second, rapid, white, hour, free, powered, successful, sudden, manned, precipitate, headlong, transatlantic, swift, steep, direct, broad, straight, hasty, commercial, wild, minute, supersonic, upward, actual, forward, nonstop, horizontal, steady, orbital, narrow, instant, slow, stop, immediate, country, fight, highest, hurried, historic, ignominious, mile, double, atlantic, aerial, time, top, routine, mad, massive, sustained, lofty, safe, longest, desperate, world, quick, subsequent, available, disorderly, speed, shameful, day, controlled, brief.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective flight:
response, spectrometry, spectrometer, reaction, magazine, measurements, refueling, test, technique, system, service, angiography, method, movie, path, techniques, data, spectrum, analysis, training, testing, entertainment, checks, calibration, inspection, spectra, spectrometers, check, tests, responses, measurement, meals, magazines, experiments, program, refuelling, syndrome, movies, control, mechanism, services, mode, emergencies, emergency, briefing, systems, reactions, performance, fire, operations, methods, school, mra, meal, analyzer, spectroscopy, checklist, catering, instruments, instrument, capability, feathers, procedures, staircase, distribution, crew, reflex, executives, distance, experiment, scientists, failure, situations, phase, attendants, planning, monitoring, equipment, imaging, speed, diffraction, analyzers, fight, players.

Consonant match to flight:
flat, float, fleet, flout, flirt, flute, flit, flite, flyte, flete, flote, floyte, flett, fletc, flatt, fluet, flott.

Words that sound like flight:
flight, flite, flyte, flat, float, flute, fleet, flit, flout, flied, flet, flut, flot, flate, flote, fluet, flatt, flaut, flett, flott, flete, flitt, flotte, fight, fly, flies, flood, flirt, fled, flawed, floyd, flowed, flys, flights, flighty, fleed, fite, flayed, feit, flod, flurt, flt, flud, flid, flye, flad, phyte, fleiss, floud, fleisch, flighter, fly out, flrt, fludd, phyllite, flysch, flewed, fleadh, fyt, fligh high, feet, fate, fit, fat, feat, afloat, fait, faught, fied, fete, fallout, fet, fiat, fett, fide, fitt, fette, faut, fellate, fatt, feight, fall out, faat, feid, feel it, fhit, fiot, fallot, faute, fayt, fall-out, fill out, aflat, fahed, fell out, filate, feel out, file out, filete, a flat.