fleet

Definitions

1. 1noun & adjective

   To sail; to float.

2. 2noun & adjective

   To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

3. 3noun & adjective

   To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

4. 4transitive verb

   To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.

5. 5transitive verb

   To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.

6. 6transitive verb

   To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.

7. 7transitive verb

   To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

8. 8intransitive verb

   Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.

9. 9intransitive verb

   Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

10. 10intransitive verb

    A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

11. 11intransitive verb

    A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.

12. 12intransitive verb

    A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).

13. 13intransitive verb

    To take the cream from; to skim.

14. 14noun

    a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

15. 15noun

    a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

16. 16noun

    group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

17. 17noun

    group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

18. 18verb

    disappear gradually

    "The pain eventually passed off"

    Synonyms

    evanescefadepass
19. 19verb

    move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

    "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

    Synonyms

    dartflitflutter
20. 20adjective

    moving very fast

    "fleet of foot"

    "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"

    Synonyms

    swift