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 Definitions of fledge  [ɛdʒ]  

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Definition of 'fledge' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) fledge
to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.

2.  fledge
to furnish with or as if with feathers.

3.  fledge
to provide (an arrow) with feathers.

4. (v.i.) fledge
(of a young bird) to acquire the feathers necessary for flight.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME flegge (fully-)fledged, OE *flecge, as var. of -flycge)

Definition of 'fledge' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) fledge
feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

2. (verb) fledge, flight
decorate with feathers
"fledge an arrow"

3. (verb) fledge, feather
grow feathers
"The young sparrows are fledging already"


Definition of 'fledge' Webster Dictionary 

1.  fledge
to furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight

2.  fledge
to furnish or adorn with any soft covering

3. (verb) fledge
feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly



'fledge' - Nearby Entries  

fleck  flection  fledge  fledged  fledgeless  fledgeling  fledgling  



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