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Definition of Fleet
1. Adjective. Moving very fast. "A swift runner"
2. Verb. Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. "The streets fleet with crowds"; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
Specialized synonyms: Butterfly
Generic synonyms: Hurry, Speed, Travel Rapidly, Zip
Derivative terms: Dart, Flit, Flutter
3. Noun. Group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership.
Group relationships: Airline, Airline Business, Airway
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
4. Verb. Disappear gradually. "The pain eventually passed off"
Generic synonyms: Disappear, Go Away, Vanish
Derivative terms: Evanescence, Evanescent, Passing
5. Noun. Group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership.
Group relationships: Bus Line
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Specialized synonyms: Motor Pool
6. Noun. A group of steamships operating together under the same ownership.
Generic synonyms: Steamship Company, Steamship Line
Specialized synonyms: Argosy
7. Noun. A group of warships organized as a tactical unit.
Member holonyms: Guided Missile Frigate, Combat Ship, War Vessel, Warship
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Group relationships: Naval Forces, Navy
Definition of Fleet
1. v. i. To sail; to float.
2. v. t. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
3. a. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.
4. n. A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
5. n. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.
6. v. t. To take the cream from; to skim.
7. v. i. To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.
8. v. t. To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew.
Definition of Fleet
1. Proper noun. The stream that ran where Fleet Street now runs. ¹
2. Proper noun. A former prison in London, which originally stood near the stream. ¹
3. Noun. A group of vessels or vehicles. ¹
4. Noun. (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. ¹
5. Noun. (context: nautical British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear-admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels. ¹
6. Noun. (context: nautical obsolete) A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide. ¹
7. Noun. (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured. ¹
8. Verb. (obsolete) To float. ¹
9. Verb. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of ¹
10. Verb. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy ¹
11. Verb. (nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle. ¹
12. Verb. (context: nautical obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long. ¹
13. Verb. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain. ¹
14. Verb. To take the cream from; to skim. ¹
15. Adjective. (literary) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble; fast. ¹
16. Adjective. (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fleet
1. swift [adj FLEETER, FLEETEST] : FLEETLY [adv] / to move swiftly [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: swift
Medical Definition of Fleet
1. 1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; obsolete, except as a place name, as Fleet Street in London. "Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets." (Matthewes) 2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up). Fleet parson, a clergyman of low character, in, or in the vicinity of, the Fleet prison, who was ready to unite persons in marriage (called Fleet marriage) at any hour, without public notice, witnesses, or consent of parents. Origin: AS. Fleot a place where vessels float, bay, river; akin to D. Vliet rill, brook, G. Fliess. See Fleet. 1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. 2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. "Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly." (Shak) 3. To draw apart the blocks of; said of a tackle. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain. 1. To sail; to float. "And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet." (Spenser) 2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. "All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither." (Milton) 3. To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; said of a cable or hawser. Origin: OE. Fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. Fleotan to swim, float; akin to D. Vlieten to flow, OS. Fliotan, OHG. Fliozzan, G. Fliessen, Icel. Fljota to float, flow, Sw. Flyta, D. Flyde, L. Pluere to rain, Gr. To sail, swim, float, Skr. Plu to swim, sail. Cf. Fleet, &, Float, Pluvial, Flow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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