fledge /ˈflɛʤ/
(vt.)餵養,用羽毛蓋上,裝上羽毛(vi.)長羽毛
Fledge a. Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
His shoulders, fledge with wings. --Milton.
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.
The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. --L'Estrange.
2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. --Shak.
2. A young bird just fledged. [wns=2]
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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]