Usually means: Young bird developing wings, flying.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. fledging: Merriam-Webster
  2. fledging: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fledging: Vocabulary.com
  4. fledging: Wordnik
  5. fledging: Wiktionary
  6. Fledging, fledging: Dictionary.com
  7. Fledging: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Fledging: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Fledging: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. fledging: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. fledging: FreeDictionary.org
  12. fledging: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fledging: Legal dictionary

(Note: See fledge as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (fledge)

verb:  (transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
verb:  (intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
verb:  (transitive) To decorate with feathers.
verb:  (intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.
adjective:  (archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
▸ Also see fledge


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