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Fleet
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What's The Definition Of Fleet?
[n] a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
[n] a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership [n] group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership [n] group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership [adj] moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner" [v] disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain eventually passed off" [v] move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart Synonyms | Synonyms for Fleet: blow over | dart | evanesce | fade | fast | flit | flutter | pass | pass off | swift Related Terms | Find terms related to Fleet: age group | agile | alert | animated | argosy | armada | ball the jack | band | barrel | battalion | beguile | bevy | body | boom | bottoms | bowl along | breakneck | breeze | breeze along | brief | brigade | brisk | brush | bunch | cabal | cast | clip | clique | coast guard | cohort | cometary | company | complement | contingent | convoy | corps | coterie | covey | crew | crowd | cut along | dally | dashing | detachment | detail | disappear | division | double-quick | eagle-winged | escadrille | evanesce | evaporate | expeditious | express | faction | fade | fast | featly | flashing | flickering | flit | flotilla | fly | fly low | flying | foot | fritter | galloping | gang | go fast | graceful | group | grouping | groupment | hair-trigger | hasty | headlong | highball | hustling | idle | in-group | junta | light | light of heel | light-footed | line | lively | make good | make knots | marine | melt | melt like snow | merchant fleet | merchant marine | merchant navy | mercurial | meteoric | mob | mosquito fleet | movement | Naval Construction Battalion | naval forces | naval militia | naval reserve | navy | neat-fingered | neat-handed | nimble | nimble-footed | nip | nit | outfit | out-group | outstrip the wind | pack | party | pass | pass away | peart | peer group | phalanx | platoon | posse | potter | pour it on | precipitate | prompt | quick | quick as lightning | quick as thought | rapid | reckless | regiment | rip | RN | Royal Navy | running | sail | salon | scorch | Seabees | set | shipping | ships | short | short and sweet | short-term | short-termed | sink | sizzle | skim | snappy | spanking | speed | speedy | spirited | sprightly | spry | squad | squadron | squander | stable | storm along | string | sure-footed | sweep | swift | task force | task group | tatter | team | tear | tear along | thunder along | tonnage | tribe | troop | troupe | United States Navy | USN | vanish | vivacious | waste | whaling fleet | whisk | whiz | wile | wing | winged | zing | zip | zoom See Also | accumulation | aggregation | aircraft | airline | airline business | airway | argosy | armada | assemblage | autobus | battle fleet | bus | bus line | butterfly | cab | charabanc | coach | collection | combat ship | disappear | double-decker | flotilla | go away | guided missile frigate | hack | hurry | jitney | motor pool | motorbus | motorcoach | naval forces | navy | omnibus | ship | speed | steamship company | steamship line | taxi | taxicab | travel rapidly | vanish | war vessel | warship | wolf pack | zip Fleet In Webster's Dictionary \Fleet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fleeted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fleeting}.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. fle['o]tan to
swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS. fliotan, OHG.
fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj[=o]ta to float, flow, Sw.
flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr. ? to sail, swim,
float, Skr. plu to swim, sail. [root]84. Cf. {Fleet}, n. &
a., {Float}, {Pluvial}, {Flow}.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
\Fleet\, v. t. 1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. --Spenser. 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. (Naut.) (a) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle. --Totten. (b) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain. \Fleet\, a. [Compar. {Fleeter}; superl. {Fleetest}.] [Cf. Icel. flj?tr quick. See {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. --Milton. 2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. [Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer. \Fleet\, n. [OE. flete, fleote, AS. fle['o]t ship, fr. fle['o]tan to float, swim. See {Fleet}, v. i. and cf. {Float}.] A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. {Fleet captain}, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. \Fleet\, n. [AS. fle['o]t a place where vessels float, bay, river; akin to D. vliet rill, brook, G. fliess. See {Fleet}, v. i.] 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. \Fleet\, v. t. [AS. fl[=e]t cream, fr. fle['o]tan to float. See {Fleet}, v. i.] To take the cream from; to skim. [Prov. Eng.] --Johnson. \Fleet\, v. i. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft. \Fleet"\, v. t. (Naut.) To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew. We got the long ``stick'' . . . down and ``fleeted'' aft, where it was secured. --F. T. Bullen. |
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