The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure. Pray ye that your flight be not in winter. Vatihew 24:20. To put to flight, to turn to flight, is to compel to run away; to force to escape.

The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volation; as the flight of birds and insects.

The manner of flying. Every fowl has its particular flight; the flight of the eagle is high; the flight of the swallow is rapid, with sudden turns.

Removal from place to place by flying.

A flock of birds flying in company; as a flight of pigeons or wild geese.

A number of beings flying or moving through the air together; as a flight of angels.

A number of things passing through the air together; a volley; as a flight of arrows.

A periodical flying of birds in flocks; as the spring flight or autumnal flight of ducks or pigeons.

In England, the birds produced in the same season.

The space passed by flying.

A mounting; a soaring; lofty elevation and excursion; as a flight of imagination or fancy; a flight of ambition.

Excursion; wandering; extravagant sally; as a flight of folly.

The power of flying.

In certain lead works, a substance that flies off in smoke. Flight of stairs, the series of stairs from the floor, or from one platform to another.