Found 2 items, similar to fledge.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fledge
fledge
v 1: feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
2: decorate with feathers;
“fledge an arrow” [syn:
flight]
3: grow feathers;
“The young sparrows are fledging already”
[syn:
feather]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fledge
Fledge
\Fledge\, a. [OE. flegge, flygge; akin to D. vlug, G.
fl["u]gge, fl["u]cke, OHG. flucchi, Icel. fleygr, and to E.
fly. [root]84. See
Fly, v. i.]
Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
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His shoulders, fledge with wings. --Milton.
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Fledge
\Fledge\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Fledged; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Fledging.]
1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers
necessary for flight.
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The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift
for themselves. --L'Estrange.
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2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
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Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. --Shak.
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