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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
           His shoulders, fledge with wings.        --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
              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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fledge
     a.
     (lb en archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to
  fly.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of
  flight.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
     3 (lb en transitive) To decorate with feathers.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged
  adult insect.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  fledge
     a.
     (lb en archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to
  fly.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of
  flight.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
     3 (lb en transitive) To decorate with feathers.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged
  adult insect.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  fledge
     a.
     (lb en archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to
  fly.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of
  flight.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
     3 (lb en transitive) To decorate with feathers.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged
  adult insect.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  fledge
     a.
     (lb en archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to
  fly.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of
  flight.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
     3 (lb en transitive) To decorate with feathers.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged
  adult insect.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fledge
     Engelska a.
     flygg

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Fledge /flˈɛdʒ/
  ريّش

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  fledge /flˈɛdʒ/ 
  opeření

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  fledge /flˈɛdʒ/ 
  opeřit se

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fledge /flˈɛdʒ/ 
  flügge werden  [ornith.]
   see: fledging, fledged
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  fledge /flˈɛdʒ/
  1. tüyleri çıkıncaya kadar beslemek
  2. tüylendirmek
  3. uçmak için tüy çıkarmak, tüylenmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɫɛdʒ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "fledge":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 喂养,用羽毛盖上,装上羽毛;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 喂养,用羽毛盖上,装上羽毛
     vi. 长羽毛

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