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fletch

(flĕch)

tr.v. fletched, fletch·ing, fletch·es

To feather (an arrow).

[Probably back-formation from fletcher.]

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fletch

(flɛtʃ)

(Archery) another word for fledge²

[C17: probably back formation from fletcher]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fletch

(flɛtʃ)

v.t.

to provide (an arrow) with a feather or feathers.

[1625–35; back formation from fletcher]

fletch

Past participle: fletched
Gerund: fletching

Imperative
fletch
fletch

Present
I fletch
you fletch
he/she/it fletches
we fletch
you fletch
they fletch

Preterite
I fletched
you fletched
he/she/it fletched
we fletched
you fletched
they fletched

Present Continuous
I am fletching
you are fletching
he/she/it is fletching
we are fletching
you are fletching
they are fletching

Present Perfect
I have fletched
you have fletched
he/she/it has fletched
we have fletched
you have fletched
they have fletched

Past Continuous
I was fletching
you were fletching
he/she/it was fletching
we were fletching
you were fletching
they were fletching

Past Perfect
I had fletched
you had fletched
he/she/it had fletched
we had fletched
you had fletched
they had fletched

Future
I will fletch
you will fletch
he/she/it will fletch
we will fletch
you will fletch
they will fletch

Future Perfect
I will have fletched
you will have fletched
he/she/it will have fletched
we will have fletched
you will have fletched
they will have fletched

Future Continuous
I will be fletching
you will be fletching
he/she/it will be fletching
we will be fletching
you will be fletching
they will be fletching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fletching
you have been fletching
he/she/it has been fletching
we have been fletching
you have been fletching
they have been fletching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fletching
you will have been fletching
he/she/it will have been fletching
we will have been fletching
you will have been fletching
they will have been fletching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fletching
you had been fletching
he/she/it had been fletching
we had been fletching
you had been fletching
they had been fletching

Conditional
I would fletch
you would fletch
he/she/it would fletch
we would fletch
you would fletch
they would fletch

Past Conditional
I would have fletched
you would have fletched
he/she/it would have fletched
we would have fletched
you would have fletched
they would have fletched

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

fletch

vt arrow → befiedern

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