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]