flight
part of speech
noun (flight, flights)
meaning for a pupil
1) A flight is a trip in an aeroplane: «our flight to Dublin». tree →
2) Flight is flying, the act of moving through the air: «birds in flight». tree →
3) A flight of stairs is a set of steps between two floors. tree →
4) Flight is running away from danger: «take flight». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means running away in defeat. Interpretation: Moses' song says a people could not be beaten so badly unless God had given them up. Tradition reads this as saying Israel's victories and defeats depend on its faithfulness. In the primary lessons: a trip by plane with a time, distance or ticket price; or a set of stairs with a number of steps; in science: birds, bats and insects fly with wings, planes need lift; in history: the first powered flight by the Wright brothers; in everyday life: check-in, boarding, flight times; phrases: «flight of stairs», «in flight», «take flight», «flight attendant»
examples
- How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had given them over and the LORD had delivered them up? (Torah DEU.32.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover. (Prophets ISA.10.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself; (Prophets AMO.2.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath. (Writings 1CH.8.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- The flight takes 3 hours. tree →
- A plane ticket for the flight costs 150 dollars. tree →
- Each flight of stairs has 12 steps. tree →
- She climbed 4 flights of stairs. tree →
- Our flight to Auckland was late. tree →
- The birds took flight when the dog barked. tree →
- The Wright brothers made the first powered flight. tree →
- Fasten your seat belt during the flight. tree →
- The fox took flight at the sound of the hunters. tree →
note
Two meanings: a plane trip (time, distance, price) or a set of stairs (steps per flight, a rate). Trap: «4 flights of 12 steps» is 4 × 12 steps, not 4 + 12. Trap: a flight across time zones: the clock time changes by more or less than the flight time.
In the corpora
- Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover.
- And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
- Plane crashes and terror attacks are on the news because they are very rare; millions of flights land safely every day.
- Think of a pilot in a flight simulator: the cockpit is a model, but the skill is real.
- Bumblebees warm up by shivering their flight muscles, so they can fly on cold spring mornings when honeybees cannot.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «flight» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.