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Fledge

//flɛd͡ʒ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. archaic, not-comparable

    "his shoulders, fledge with wings"

Verb
  1. 1
    To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight. transitive
  2. 2
    grow feathers wordnet
  3. 3
    To grow, cover or be covered with feathers. intransitive
  4. 4
    decorate with feathers wordnet
  5. 5
    To decorate with feathers. transitive
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  1. 6
    feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight wordnet
  2. 7
    To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English flegge, fligge, flygge, from Old English *flyċġe (“able to fly, fledged”) (attested in *unflyċġe, unfligge (“unfledged”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flugi, from Proto-Germanic *flugjaz (“able to fly, fledged”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: Dutch vlug (“fledged, able to fly, nimble, swift”), Low German flügg (“fledged”), German flügge, German flücke (“fledged”), Icelandic fleygur (“able to fly, fledged”)

Etymology 2

From Middle English flegge, fligge, flygge, from Old English *flyċġe (“able to fly, fledged”) (attested in *unflyċġe, unfligge (“unfledged”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flugi, from Proto-Germanic *flugjaz (“able to fly, fledged”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: Dutch vlug (“fledged, able to fly, nimble, swift”), Low German flügg (“fledged”), German flügge, German flücke (“fledged”), Icelandic fleygur (“able to fly, fledged”)

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