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fledge

verb
/flɛd͡ʒ/

Etymology

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”)

  1. derived from *plewk-✻ — “to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”
  2. inherited from *flugjaz✻ — “able to fly, fledged”
  3. inherited from *flugi✻
  4. inherited from *flyċġe✻ — “able to fly, fledged”
  5. inherited from flegge

Definitions

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

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

  3. To decorate with feathers.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

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

    2. Feathered

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

      • his shoulders, fledge with wings

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Derived

fledgeless, fledgling, full-fledged, postfledging, unfledged

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA