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Definition of In flight
1. Adverb. Flying through the air. "We saw the ducks in flight"
Definition of In flight
1. Adverb. Flying, making a flight, as opposed to being on ground. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Flight
Literary usage of In flight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"He died, aged 80, in FLIGHT, WALTER (1841-1885), mineralogist, son of William P.
Flight of Winchester, was born in Winchester 21 Jan. 1841. ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... 570 Lest peradventure thou shouldst make thy way Back to the hollow galleys
driven in flight. Some God perchance will wake the men of Troy. ..."
3. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"Illustrating seasonal adaptation in structure. feet are held in flight does not
appear to be definitely known, though it seems probable that they are drawn ..."
4. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"... THE KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE in flight TO HOLLAND—CHARLES OF AUSTRIA ABDICATES
November 9, 1918—March 15, 1919 THE flight of the Kaiser and Crown Prince ..."
5. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1873)
"on great ease of evolution in flight—or on the power of stopping suddenly, have
largely developed tails. This is the case with all the Birds of prey—with ..."
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