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fledge
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- pronunciation:
- flej
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
fledges, fledging, fledged |
| definition 1: |
to tend (a young bird) and prepare it for flight.
Both parents help fledge their young. |
| definition 2: |
to cover with, or as with, feathers.
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| definition 3: |
to attach feathers to (an arrow).
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to grow flight feathers.
The young chick has not yet fledged. |
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| derivation: |
fledged (adj.) |
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