<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act, manner, or power of flying</li><li>the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object: a 500-mile flight; the flight of the ball</li><li>a trip by an airplane, glider, etc.</li><li>a scheduled trip on an airline: a 5 o'clock flight</li><li>a number of beings or things flying or passing through the air together: a flight of geese</li><li>the basic tactical unit of military air forces, consisting of two or more aircraft</li><li>the act, principles, or technique of flying an airplane: flight training</li><li>a journey into or through outer space: a rocket flight</li><li>swift movement, transition, or progression: the flight of time</li><li>a soaring above or transcending ordinary bounds: a flight of fancy</li><li>a series of steps between one floor or landing of a building and the next</li><li>a sampling of several wines or beers, or of a particular type of food, for the purpose of comparative tasting: a customized wine flight for four people; a flight of appetizers</li><li>Archery: flight arrow; the distance such an arrow travels when shot</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>(of wild fowls) to fly in coordinated flocks</li></ul>