Словарь синонимов английского языка - flight

(n) 1. flying, soaring, winging, excursion: The flight above the mountains was exhilabating. He is subject to wild flights of the imagination. 2. (air) voyage or journey or trip: We had a fine flight from New Delhi. 3. aeroplane, airliner, plane, aircraft: Our flight was delayed in Istanbul. 4. flock, swarm, cloud, covey (of grouse or partridge), bevy (of quail), skein (of geese), exaltation (of larks): A flight of migrating birds passed overhead. 5. feather: The flights on this dart are broken. (n) 1. escape, retreat, departure, exit, exodus, getawai, fleeing, bolting, Slang split: Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 is called a 'hegira'. 2. put to flight. chase or drive (off or away), disperse, send off or away, send packing, dismiss, rout, stampede: They put the Saracens to flight in a decisive battle. 3. take flight. flee, go or run away or off, abscond, desert, depart, (beat a) retreat, exit, bolt, decamp, withdraw, take to one's heels, show a clean pair of heels, Colloq light out, shove off, Brit scarper, US take a (run-out) powder, take it on the lam, lam out; Slang cplit, Brit do a bunk, do a moonlight flit, bugger off: The constable blew his whistle and the thief took flight.