Flight (flīt), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fleógan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fleón to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. √84. See Flee, Fly.] 1. The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

Like the night owl's lazy flight.

2. 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 the winter.

Fain by flight to save themselves.

3. Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.

Could he have kept his spirit to that flight,
He had been happy.

His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor.

4. A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows. Swift.

Swift flights of angels ministrant.

Like a flight of fowl
Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts.

5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. Parker.

6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft. [Obs.]

Challenged Cupid at the flight.

Not a flight drawn home
E'er made that haste that they have.

7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Syn. -- Pair; set. See Pair.

• (obscure or slang): Wayward, opposed.
       Note: Nowadays we refer to people being flighty instead.
  
• The act of flying.
       Birds are capable of flight
  
• An instance of flying.
       The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
  
• A collective term for doves or swallows.
  
• A journey made by a plane or space shuttle. It isn't used for journeys of other air or space vehicles.
       The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight
  
• The act of fleeing. (It is noun version of flee).
       take flight
  
• A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
  
• A floor which are reached to by stairs or escalators.
       How many flights is it up?
  
• A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
  
• A paper plane.
  
• (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.
  
• A aerodynamic surfaces designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
  
• Act of fleeing of a refugee or a fugitive.
  
• An air force unit.
  
• Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.