Fledge definitions

Fledge

1) Bring up 2) Cover with feathers 3) Decorate with feathers 4) Exclusively Saxon word 5) Exclusively Anglo word 6) Feather an arrow 7) Fictional horse 8) Furnish with feathers 9) Grow feathers 10) Nurture 11) Parent 12) Prepare for a first flight 13) Provide with feathers 14) Raise 15) Raise canaries
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Fledge

Fledge is the stage in a young bird`s life when the feathers and wing muscles are sufficiently developed for flight. It also describes the act of a chick`s parents raising it to a fully grown state. A young bird that has recently fledged but is still dependent upon parental care and feeding is called a fledgling. In ornithology, the meaning of f.....
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Fledge

1. Of a young bird, to acquire the feathers needed for flight. 2. to raise a young bird to maturity (Morris 1992)
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Fledge

• (v. t. & i.) To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. • (v. i.) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. • (v. t. & i.) To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
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Fledge

To grow a first set of contour feathers (as opposed to a coat of downy feathers), or juvenal plumage.
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Fledge

the act of a young bird taking its first flight from the nest
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Fledge

Fledge adjective [ Middle English flegge , flygge ; akin to Dutch vlug , German flügge , flücke , Old High German flucchi , Icelandic fleygr , and to English fly . √84. See Fly , intransitive verb ] Feat...
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Fledge

Fledge transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Fledged ; present participle & verbal noun Fledging .] 1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. « The birds were not as yet ...
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fledge

[v] - feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight 2. [v] - decorate with feathers, as of an arrow or dart 3. [v] - grow feathers, of birds
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Fledge

The act of leaving the nest or nest cavity after reaching a certain stage of maturity.
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fledge

the rearing of a young bird until it has grown its feathers and is able to fly and leave the nest
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