FLETCHES Antonyms

• a formation of aircraft in flight

• an instance of traveling by air

• a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next

• the act of escaping physically

• an air force unit smaller than a squadron

• passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

• the path followed by an object moving through space

• a flock of flying birds

• a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports

• shoot a bird in flight

• fly in a flock

• decorate with feathers

• the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

• the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• a shaky motion

• case for holding arrows

• the act of vibrating

• shake with fast, tremulous movements

• move back and forth very rapidly

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• shaped in the form of the letter S

• a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius

• the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21

• a mark to indicate a direction or relation

• a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

• front part of a vessel or aircraft

• a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

• a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments

• bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

• a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow

• an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience

• something curved in shape

• a decorative interlacing of ribbons

• a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments

• bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head

• play on a stringed instrument with a bow

• yield to another's wish or opinion

• bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting

• bend one's back forward from the waist on down

• branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds

• turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

• join tongue and groove, in carpentry

• cover or fit with feathers

• turn the paddle; in canoeing

• turn the oar, while rowing

• grow feathers

• a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• the main (mid) section of a long bone

• obscene terms for penis

• a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

• a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

• (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

• a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel

• a revolving rod that transmits power or motion

• the hollow spine of a feather

• equip with a shaft

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit