fledge
/flɛdʒ/
verb
- (of a young bird) to grow the feathers needed for flying.
- The baby robins will fledge in about two weeks.
- It takes several weeks for an eagle chick to fledge.
- We watched the sparrows fledge and leave the nest one by one.
- To raise a young bird until it is fully feathered and able to fly.
- They built a special enclosure to fledge the young falcons.
- The mother bird fledged her chicks with great care.
- The sanctuary fledges dozens of rescued owls each year.
- To develop or grow to a mature or independent state.
- Her talent as a writer took years to fledge.
- The startup is beginning to fledge into a successful company.
- The program helps young adults fledge into independent members of society.