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1. (n.) fleet
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
2. fleet
the largest organization of warships under the command of a single officer.
3. fleet
all the naval ships of a nation; navy.
4. fleet
a large group of ships, airplanes, trucks, etc., under the same management.
5. (adj.) fleet
swift; rapid:
to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
6. (v.i.) fleet
to move swiftly; fly.
7. fleet
Naut. to change position; shift.
8. fleet
Archaic.
9. fleet
to flow.
10. fleet
to fade; vanish.
11. (v.t.) fleet
to cause (time) to pass lightly or swiftly.
12. fleet
Naut.
13. fleet
to move or change the position of.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME fleten to float, drift, flow, OE flēotan, akin to float)
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| Definition of 'Fleet' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fleet
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
2. (noun) fleet
group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
3. (noun) fleet
a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
4. (adj) fleet
a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
5. (verb) fleet, swift
moving very fast
"fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
6. (verb) flit, flutter, fleet, dart
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
"The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
7. (verb) evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
disappear gradually
"The pain eventually passed off"
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1. (noun) fleet
a group of ships
the Spanish fleet
2. fleet
a group of vehicles that belong to one company
a fleet of delivery trucks
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| Definition of 'Fleet' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. Fleet
to sail; to float
2. Fleet
to fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance
3. Fleet
to slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser
4. (verb) Fleet
to pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf
5. (verb) Fleet
to hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy
6. (verb) Fleet
to draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle
7. (verb) Fleet
to cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain
8. (verb) Fleet
swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble
9. (verb) Fleet
light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil
10. (verb) Fleet
a number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc
11. (verb) Fleet
a flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London
12. (verb) Fleet
a former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up)
13. (verb) Fleet
to take the cream from; to skim
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| Definition of 'Fleet' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Fleet
An organization of ships, aircraft, Marine forces, and shore-based fleet activities all under the command of a commander or commander in chief who may exercise operational as well as administrative control. See also major fleet; numbered fleet.
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Sense: a number of ships or boats under one command or sailing together
a fleet of fishing boats.
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 Afrikaans: vloot |
 Arabic: أُسْطول، عَدَد كَبير من |
 Bulgarian: флотилия |
 Brazilian: frota |
 Czech: flotila |
 German: die Flotte |
 Danish: flåde |
 Greek: στόλος |
 Spanish: flota |
 Estonian: laevastik, flotill |
 Farsi: کاروان |
 Finnish: laivue |
 French: flotte |
 Hebrew: צִי |
 Hindi: जहाजी बेड़ा |
 Croatian: flota |
 Hungarian: flotta |
 Indonesian: iring-iringan |
 Icelandic: floti |
 Italian: flotta |
 Japanese: 船団 |
 Korean: 함대 |
 Lithuanian: laivynas |
 Latvian: flotile |
 Malay: iring-iringan |
 Dutch: vloot |
 Norwegian: flåte |
 Polish: flotylla |
 Persian: کاروان |
 Pashto: دجنګى كښتيو يوه ډله، بحري |
 Portuguese: frota |
 Romanian: flotă |
 Russian: флотилия |
 Slovak: flotila |
 Slovenian: ladjevje |
 Serbian: flota |
 Swedish: flotta |
 Thai: ขบวนเรือ |
 Turkish: filo |
 Taiwanese: 船隊 |
 Ukrainian: флотилія |
 Urdu: جہازوں کا بیڑا |
 Vietnamese: hạm đội |
 Chinese: 船队 |
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