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fledge
[ flej ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.
- to furnish with or as if with feathers or plumage.
- to provide (an arrow) with feathers.
verb (used without object)
- (of a young bird) to acquire the feathers necessary for flight.
adjective
- Archaic. (of young birds) able to fly.
fledge
/ flɛdʒ /
verb
- tr to feed and care for (a young bird) until it is able to fly
- Also calledfletch tr to fit (something, esp an arrow) with a feather or feathers
- intr (of a young bird) to grow feathers
- tr to cover or adorn with or as if with feathers
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- fledgeless adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fledge1
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Example Sentences
And look here, Fledge, why do William's toes turn out at such a fearful angle?
But will and means, In mortals, for the cause ye well discern, With unlike wings are fledge.
At that tyme my cat got a fledge yong sparrow which had onely a right wyng naturally.
I've watched 'em break shell an' come out an' fledge an' learn to fly an' begin to sing, till I think I'm one of 'em.
In 1814 he was ready to say, "Byron hits the mark where I don't even pretend to fledge my arrow."
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