v., fledged, fledg·ing, fledg·es.

v.tr.

1. To take care of (a young bird) until it is ready to fly.
2. To cover with or as if with feathers.
3. To provide (an arrow) with feathers.

v.intr.

To grow the plumage necessary for flight.

[Probably from obsolete fledge, feathered, from Middle English flegge, from Old English *flycge.]

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

Meaning #2: decorate with feathers, as of an arrow or dart
  Synonym: flight

Meaning #3: grow feathers, of birds
  Synonym: feather

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sætte styrefjer på
v. intr. - blive flyvefærdig

Nederlands (Dutch)
veren krijgen, veren op een pijl zetten, vogeltje grootbrengen (tot het kan vliegen), met veren/ dons bedekken

Français (French)
v. tr. - élever un oisillon jusqu'à ce qu'il ait tout son plumage, empenner (une flèche)
v. intr. - élever un oisillon jusqu'à ce qu'il ait tout son plumage, empenner (une flèche)

Deutsch (German)
v. - flügge werden, mit Federn versehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποκτώ πτίλωμα ή ικανότητα για πτήση (κν. ξεπεταρίζω), ωριμάζω

Português (Portuguese)
v. - emplumar-se (ave pequena)

Русский (Russian)
встать на ноги

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - criar un ave hasta que pueda volar, emplumar
v. intr. - emplumecer, pelechar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - föda upp fågel, täcka med fjädrar

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
喂养, 装上羽毛, 用羽毛盖上, 长羽毛

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 餵養, 裝上羽毛, 用羽毛蓋上
v. intr. - 長羽毛

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에 깃털을 달다, (새가) 새끼를 기르다
v. intr. - 깃털이 돋다, 둥지를 떠나다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 羽毛が生えそろう, 完全に羽化する, 羽を付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكسو بريش , يريش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הצמיד נוצות לראש-חץ, גידל גוזל עד לבגרות‬
v. intr. - ‮הצמיח נוצות‬

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