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Reared until able to fly, as a bird
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fledged
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"furnished with feathers," 1570s (in full-fledged ), thus "developed, matured, able to fly;" past-participle adjective from fledge (v.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination [syn: mature ] [ant: unfledged ] (of an arrow) equipped with feathers [syn: vaned ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB fully ▪ He's a fully fledged pilot now. ▪ Even fully fledged homosexuals often return to the pursuit of women. ▪ The longer-term tendency may be for the joint boards to develop into fully fledged special purpose ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Able to fly. v (en-past of: fledge )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
fledged \fledged\ adj. having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination; -- of birds. [Narrower terms: fledgling(prenominal), fledgeling(prenominal) ] unfledged Syn: mature. equipped with feathers; -- of an arrow. Syn: vaned.
Usage examples of fledged.
Even fledged fielders back in Anche showed more respect, he thought darkly, choosing to ignore the fact that most of the respect had been directed toward the professors and not the Polytext students who trailed after them.
But, less than a week later when we had made one combat drop with them, we were full fledged Roughnecks, members of the family, called by our first names, chewed out on occasion without any feeling on either side that we were less than blood brothers thereby, borrowed from and lent to, included in bull sessions and privileged to express our own silly opinions with complete freedomand have them slapped down just as freely.
The Furies seized a dozen toys at random, took them inside their inhuman ship, and upgraded their intelligence, turning them from simple preprogrammed servants into fully fledged independent AIs.
I went to market with the boy twice, taking fledged chickens and my inks and dyes and such roots and herbs as I thought might be unusual there.
He was, in her estimation, a harmless boy, scarcely fledged as yet, but anxious to convince everyone that he was a buck of the first head.
Raptor mothers-with the exception of Barn Owls-continue to feed the youngsters and teach them to hunt after they've fledged, but sometimes wind and weather again carry the kids off beyond finding their way back to mom.
Everybeast cheered wildly and tears sprang unbidden to the eyes of Abbess Vale at the sight of the young squirrel, now a fully fledged warrior wielding the great blade in the sunlight.
He wasn't even fully fledged when he made his first foray onto the ground.
They were fully fledged already, and almost as large as their mother.
It is unlikely that a fully fledged DNA molecule would spring into existence without the aid of other molecules that normally exist only in living cells.
In it Mordred could see the two young birds, fully fledged but still obviously juveniles.
By the time we left Spain, Janet was a fully fledged remote viewer.