FLEDGED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fledged mean? 

• FLEDGED (adjective)
  The adjective FLEDGED has 2 senses:

1. (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination

2. (of an arrow) equipped with feathers

  Familiarity information: FLEDGED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLEDGED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination

Synonyms:

fledged; mature

Similar:

fledgeling; fledgling ((of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers)

full-fledged; fully fledged ((of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly)

Antonym:

unfledged ((of birds) not yet having developed feathers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of an arrow) equipped with feathers

Synonyms:

fledged; vaned

Similar:

feathered (having or covered with feathers)

 Context examples 

Brown dwarfs are intermediate between planets and fully-fledged stars.

(Astronomers Identify Purest, Most Massive Brown Dwarf, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Ha! mon petit, cried the bowman, you take me back to the days when you were new fledged, as sweet a little chick as ever pecked his way out of a monkish egg.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)