fledge (fl?j)v. fledged, fledg·ing, fledg·es v.tr.1. To raise (a young bird) until it is ready to leave the nest: a pair of ducks that fledged several young.2. To cover with or as if with feathers.3. Archaic To provide (an arrow) with feathers.v.intr.1. To grow the plumage necessary for flight.2. To leave the nest: nestlings that are about to fledge.[Probably from obsolete fledge, feathered, from Middle English flegge, from Old English *flycge; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.fledge (fl?d?) vb1. (Zoology) (tr) to feed and care for (a young bird) until it is able to fly2. (Archery) (tr) Also called: fletch to fit (something, esp an arrow) with a feather or feathers3. (Zoology) (intr) (of a young bird) to grow feathers4. (tr) to cover or adorn with or as if with feathers[Old English -flycge, as in unflycge unfledged; related to Old High German flucki able to fly; see fly1]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014fledge (fl?d?) v.t. 1. to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly. 2. to furnish with or as if with feathers. 3. to provide (an arrow) with feathers. v.i. 4. (of a young bird) to acquire the feathers necessary for flight. [1350?1400; Middle English flegge (fully-)fledged, Old English *flecge, as variant of -flycge] fledge?less, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.fledgePast participle: fledgedGerund: fledgingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativefledgefledgePresentI fledgeyou fledgehe/she/it fledgeswe fledgeyou fledgethey fledgePreteriteI fledgedyou fledgedhe/she/it fledgedwe fledgedyou fledgedthey fledgedPresent ContinuousI am fledgingyou are fledginghe/she/it is fledgingwe are fledgingyou are fledgingthey are fledgingPresent PerfectI have fledgedyou have fledgedhe/she/it has fledgedwe have fledgedyou have fledgedthey have fledgedPast ContinuousI was fledgingyou were fledginghe/she/it was fledgingwe were fledgingyou were fledgingthey were fledgingPast PerfectI had fledgedyou had fledgedhe/she/it had fledgedwe had fledgedyou had fledgedthey had fledgedFutureI will fledgeyou will fledgehe/she/it will fledgewe will fledgeyou will fledgethey will fledgeFuture PerfectI will have fledgedyou will have fledgedhe/she/it will have fledgedwe will have fledgedyou will have fledgedthey will have fledgedFuture ContinuousI will be fledgingyou will be fledginghe/she/it will be fledgingwe will be fledgingyou will be fledgingthey will be fledgingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been fledgingyou have been fledginghe/she/it has been fledgingwe have been fledgingyou have been fledgingthey have been fledgingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been fledgingyou will have been fledginghe/she/it will have been fledgingwe will have been fledgingyou will have been fledgingthey will have been fledgingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been fledgingyou had been fledginghe/she/it had been fledgingwe had been fledgingyou had been fledgingthey had been fledgingConditionalI would fledgeyou would fledgehe/she/it would fledgewe would fledgeyou would fledgethey would fledgePast ConditionalI would have fledgedyou would have fledgedhe/she/it would have fledgedwe would have fledgedyou would have fledgedthey would have fledgedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011