Fledge

Definition of Fledge

a.1.Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
His shoulders, fledge with wings.
- Milton.
v. t. & i.1.To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.
[imp. & p. p. Fledged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fledging.]
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.

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attain majority, bloom, come of age, come to maturity, develop, feather, flower, grow, grow up, leave the nest, mature, mellow, reach manhood, reach twenty-one, reach voting age, ripen, season, settle down, temper, toga virilis
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