1. n. A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae belonging to one of the following groups:
2. n. Any bird of subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring.
3. n. A bird of genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering. Also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elani
4. n. Some species in the subfamily Perninae
A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.
5. n. A lightweight toy or other device carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
On windy spring days, we would fly kites.
6. n. A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
7. n. (geometry) A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.
Four-sided figures without parallel sides include trapezoids and kites.
8. n. (banking) A fraudulent draft, such as a check one drawn on insufficient funds or with altered face value.
9. n. (astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
10. n. (slang) An aircraft, or aeroplane.
11. n. (sailing, dated) A lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding-sail.
12. n. (sailing, slang) A spinnaker.
13. n. (US, slang) A short letter.
14. n. (figurative) A rapacious person.
15. n. (dialect) A fish, the brill.
16. n. (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
17. v. (rare, usually with "go") To fly a kite.
I'm going kiting this weekend.
18. v. To glide in the manner of a kite.
The wind kited us toward shore.
19. v. To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
We spent the afternoon kiting around the bay.
20. v. To toss or cast.
21. v. (banking, ambitransitive) To write a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
He was convicted of kiting checks and sentenced to two years in prison.
22. v. (US) To cause an increase, especially in costs.
Rising interest rates have kited the cost of housing.
23. v. (transitive, video games) To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
24. v. (nautical, engineering) To deflect sideways in the water.
25. v. , passage=This column action causes the tow line to kite either to the port or the starboard side, (...)
26. v. (US, slang) To send a short letter.
27. v. (US, slang) To steal.
28. v. (obsolete) To hunt with a hawk.
29. n. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The stomach; belly.
30. n. (rare) A weight-measure unit from Ancient Egypt, equivalent to 0.1 deben (about 9.1 grams)
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