fledge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
  2. verb decorate with feathers
    flight.
    • fledge an arrow
  3. verb grow feathers
    feather.
    • The young sparrows are fledging already

WordNet

Fledge adjective
Etymology
OE. flegge, flygge; akin to D. vlug, G. flügge, flücke, OHG. flucchi, Icel. fleygr, and to E. fly. 84. See Fly, v. i.
Definitions
  1. Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
    H shoulders, fledge with wings. Milton.
Fledge transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fledged ; present participle & verbal noun Fledging
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913