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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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fledge
v 1: feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

2: decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" [syn: fledge,
flight]

3: grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"
[syn: fledge, feather]
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fledge [fledʒ]
erwachsen werden

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fledge

erwachsen werden
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20 Moby Thesaurus words for "fledge":
attain majority, bloom, come of age, come to maturity, develop,
feather, flower, grow, grow up, leave the nest, mature, mellow,
reach manhood, reach twenty-one, reach voting age, ripen, season,
settle down, temper, toga virilis



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