flighted

1. 1
   adjective

   Able to move through the air by flying.

   Like a bird that can take off into the sky, not one stuck on the ground.

   Most flighted birds have hollow, lightweight bones.

   Unlike penguins, geese are flighted and migrate thousands of miles.

   Similarflying, volant

   Oppositeflightless

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2. 2
   adjective

   Having grown the wing feathers a bird needs in order to fly.

   Like a young bird that has finally grown the feathers it needs to leave the nest.

   Young parrots become flighted once their wing feathers grow in fully.

   A flighted hawk needs careful handling near open windows.

   Similarfledged

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3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of flight. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The bowler flighted the ball to tempt the batter forward.

   She flighted each arrow with three feathers before the match.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Made with a certain number or kind of flights, as in stairs or screw threads.

   The grand staircase is flighted in three sections, each with its own landing.

   The auger has a continuously flighted shaft that carries grain to the top.

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