the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > specific actions of partridge (3)
To bound, to leap; to move suddenly, to dash. intransitive. Without construction.
intransitive. To make a sound or call imitated by this word, as a partridge.
intransitive. Of partridges, etc.: To crowd or nestle together on the ground; to collect in a covey. Also transferred.