free-flying

1. 1.

   able to fly through the air (as a bird)

   “three chicks were raised to the free-flying stage”

   Similaraerial

Questions about free-flying

What does free-flying mean?

free-flying means "able to fly through the air (as a bird)".

How many syllables are in free-flying?

free-flying has 2 syllables and divides as free--flying under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is free-flying a common word?

free-flying is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.