Fledge vs. Fletch

Fledgeverb

(transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.

Fledgeverb

(intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.

Fledgeverb

(transitive) To decorate with feathers.

Fledgeverb

(intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.

Fledgeadjective

(archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

Fledgeadjective

Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

Fledgeverb

To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.

Fledgeverb

To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.

Fledgeverb

feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

Fledgeverb

decorate with feathers;

Fledgeverb

grow feathers;

Fledgeverb

(of a young bird) develop wing feathers that are large enough for flight

Fledgeverb

bring up (a young bird) until its wing feathers are developed enough for flight

Fledge

Fledging is the stage in a flying animal's life between hatching or birth and becoming capable of flight. This term is most frequently applied to birds, but is also used for bats.

Fletchnoun

(archery) The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.

Fletchnoun

(fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna.

Fletchverb

(transitive) To feather, as an arrow.

Fletchverb

To feather, as an arrow.