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v. To take care of (a young bird) until it is ready to fly.

v. To cover with or as if with feathers.

v. To provide (an arrow) with feathers.

verb-intransitive. To grow the plumage necessary for flight.

v. To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.

v. To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.

v. To decorate with feathers.

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

v. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.

v. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.

Able to fly: having the wings developed for flight; fledged.

To acquire feathers large enough for flight; in general, to acquire full plumage: often with out: as, the young birds have fledged out.

To feather or provide with plumage; provide with anything resembling plumage.

v. feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

v. grow feathers

v. decorate with feathers

"Just as wild birds "fledge" - take their first flight - penguins take their first swim."

fledged    fledges    fledging   

raise    bring up    rear    nurture    parent    acquire    get    grow    develop    produce   

fletch    fledgling   

fledged    fledging   

feathered    feather   

allege    dredge    edge    hedge    ledge    pledge    sedge    sege    sledge    wedge   

swingin'    spick    listenin'    flightiness