flight
The act of flying.
Example
“Most birds are capable of flight.”
Other meanings
An instance of flying.
“The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.”
A collective term for doves or swallows.
“a flight of swallows”
Word history
From Old English "flyht".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “flight” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.