Associations to the word «Fledge»
Noun
- Chick
- Nest
- Clutch
- Juvenile
- Egg
- Plumage
- Fed
- Hatch
- Helper
- Burrow
- Parent
- Lay
- Tern
- Feather
- Young
- Feeding
- Adult
- Offspring
- Bird
- Courtship
- Strawberry
- Feed
- Period
- Pe
- Week
- Polly
- Day
- Female
- Laying
- Flock
- Last
- Breed
- Glider
- Biology
- Eagle
- Cavity
- Predator
- Survival
- Sibling
- Prey
- Unknown
- Owl
- Dependence
- Month
- Full
- Average
- Colony
- Pair
- Wing
- Sex
- Territorial
- Care
- Mate
- Flight
- Territory
- Food
- Success
- Leave
- Independence
Adjective
Wiktionary
FLEDGE, verb. (transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
FLEDGE, verb. (intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
FLEDGE, verb. (transitive) To decorate with feathers.
FLEDGE, adjective. (archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
Dictionary definition
FLEDGE, verb. Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight.
FLEDGE, verb. Decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow".
FLEDGE, verb. Grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.