ɪˈskeɪp flɛdʒ tɹəˈdʒɛktəɹɪ the act of escaping physically he made his escape from the mental hospital the canary escaped from its cage his flight was an indication of his guilt a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports I took the noon flight to Chicago an instance of traveling by air flying was still an exciting adventure for him decorate with feathers fledge an arrow fly in a flock flighting wild geese shoot a bird in flight a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next passing above and beyond ordinary bounds a flight of fancy flights of rhetoric flights of imagination an air force unit smaller than a squadron a formation of aircraft in flight a flock of flying birds the path followed by an object moving through space