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fledge.

To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/flɛd͡ʒ/

  1. To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.

    transitive

  2. To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.

    intransitive

  3. To decorate with feathers.

    transitive

  4. To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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”)

adj/flɛd͡ʒ/

  1. Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

    archaic · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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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