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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fledge
    v 1: feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
    2: decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" [syn: fledge,
       flight]
    3: grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"
       [syn: fledge, feather]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fledge \Fledge\, a. [OE. flegge, flygge; akin to D. vlug, G.
   fl["u]gge, fl["u]cke, OHG. flucchi, Icel. fleygr, and to E.
   fly. [root]84. See Fly, v. i.]
   Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
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         His shoulders, fledge with wings.        --Milton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fledge \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.
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            The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift
            for themselves.                       --L'Estrange.
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   2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
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            Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for Fledge:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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