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fleet
(fl/i/t )

adjective (a)

  • Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • a group of warships organized as a tactical unit(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • moving very fast(adj.all)
    Example:
    Fleet of foot.
    The fleet scurrying of squirrels.
    Synonym:
    swift
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    dart, flit, flutter
    source: wordnet30
  • disappear gradually(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    blow over, evanesce, fade, pass, pass off
    source: wordnet30
  • To sail; to float.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To take the cream from; to skim.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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