flight

• Substantiv, das die Handlung, den Vorgang oder den Fall einer Fortbewegung durch die Luft bezeichnet, meist mit einem Flugzeug, oder auch die Reise selbst.

A noun referring to the act, process, or instance of traveling through the air, typically by aircraft, or the journey itself.

1. Journey by airA1formal

   A journey made by an aircraft through the air.

   Flug

   • Our flight to Paris was delayed by two hours.
   • She booked a direct flight from London to New York.
   • The flight attendant served drinks during the flight.

   Synonymehop

2. Act of flyingA2formal

   The action or process of moving through the air.

   Flug

   • The flight of the eagle was majestic.
   • Birds take flight at the first sign of danger.
   • The flight of the paper airplane was surprisingly long.

   Synonymeflying

3. Set of stairsA2formal

   A series of steps between two floors or levels in a building.

   Treppenlauf

   • She climbed the flight of stairs to the second floor.
   • There is a short flight of steps leading to the garden.
   • He ran up the flight of stairs to catch the elevator.

   Synonymestaircasestairway

4. Escape or retreatB2formal

   The act of running away or escaping from a dangerous situation.

   Flucht

   • The thief took flight when he heard the police siren.
   • The sudden flight of the animals signaled danger.
   • Their flight from the war-torn country was harrowing.

   Synonymeescapegetawayretreatrout

   Antonymeconfrontationstandstay

• Verb, das verwendet wird, um das Schießen oder Jagen auf Vögel im Flug zu bezeichnen oder um etwas schnell durch die Luft zu bewegen.

A verb used to indicate the act of shooting or hunting birds in flight, or to cause something to move swiftly through the air.

1. To shoot or hunt birdsC2formalbritish

   To shoot at birds in flight, or to hunt game birds.

   Vögel schießen

   • The hunters went out to flight pheasants in the fields.
   • He spent the morning flighting ducks near the lake.
   • They flighted grouse on the moors during the season.

   Synonymegunhuntshoot

2. To cause to flyC2formal

   To send something, such as an arrow or a ball, through the air.

   Fliegen lassen

   • The archer flighted the arrow toward the target.
   • He flighted the ball over the goalkeeper's head.
   • She flighted the shuttlecock with precision.

   Synonymecastdispatchflinghurllaunchprojectpropelsendshootthrow