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Meaning of 'fleet' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fleet [ n. & a.]
- To sail; to float.
- To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
- To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
2 . Fleet [ v. i.]
- Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.
- Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
- A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
- A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.
- A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
- To take the cream from; to skim.
3 . Fleet [ v. t.]
- To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
- To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.
- 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.

Meaning of 'fleet' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fleet [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
Example in sentence:
  • The hummingbird flitted among the branches
Meaning (2):
- disappear gradually
Example in sentence:
  • The pain eventually passed off
3 . fleet [ s]
Meaning (3):
- moving very fast
Example in sentence:
  • a swift current;
  • a swift runner;
  • fleet of foot;
  • swift flight of an arrow;
  • the fleet scurrying of squirrels

Nearby Words:

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