Fedge vs. Fledge

Fedgenoun

(horticulture) A fence made up of living plants, especially willow, thus somewhat resembling a hedge.

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.

‘His shoulders, fledge with wings.’;

Fledgeverb

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

‘The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves.’;

Fledgeverb

To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.

‘Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged.’;

Fledgeverb

feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

Fledgeverb

decorate with feathers;

‘fledge an arrow’;

Fledgeverb

grow feathers;

‘The young sparrows are fledging already’;

Fledgeverb

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

‘the young fledge around four weeks after hatching’;

Fledgeverb

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

‘they fledged twenty-four chicks in fourteen months’;

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.