fledge

Verb

1. (transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
2. (intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
3. (transitive) To decorate with feathers.
4. (intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.

Adj

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flɛd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: flegge

Inherited from Old English: *flyċġe

Cognate with Dutch: vlug

Cognate with Low German: flügg

Cognate with German: flügge

Cognate with German: flücke

Cognate with Icelandic: fleygur

In summary

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”)

Synonyms

feather

🪶

flight

✈️

foster

nurture

plume

raise

rear

breed

wing

🪽

bring up

Translations

emplumecer

emplumar

tüylendirmek

tüylenmek

plume

🪶

ريّش

volar en bandadas

impiumarsi

erwachsen werden

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