Look up: fleet

1. fleet
   number of ships quick-moving 
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2. fleet
   [adj] - moving very fast 2. [n] - group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership 3. [n] - group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership 4. [n] - a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership 5. [n] - a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
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3. fleet
   any number of nets joined end to end and operated as a complete outfit Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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4. Fleet
   Fleet intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fleeted ; present participle & verbal noun Fleeting .] [ Middle English fleten , fleoten , to swim, Anglo-Saxon fleÃ...
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5. Fleet
   Fleet transitive verb 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 ...
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6. Fleet
   Fleet adjective [ Compar. Fleeter ; superl. Fleetest .] [ Confer Icelandic flj...tr quick. See Fleet , intransitive verb ] 1. Swift in motion...
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7. Fleet
   Fleet noun [ Middle English flete , fleote , Anglo-Saxon fleót ship, from fleótan to float, swim. See Fleet , intransitive verb and confer Float .] A number of vessels in company, es...
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8. Fleet
   Fleet noun [ Anglo-Saxon fleót a place where vessels float, bay, river; akin to Dutch vliet rill, brook, German fliess . See Fleet , intransitive verb ] 1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or...
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9. Fleet
   Fleet transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon flēt cream, from fleótan to float. See Fleet , intransitive verb ] To take the cream from; to skim. [ Prov. Eng.] Johnson.
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10. Fleet
    Fleet intransitive verb (Nautical) To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.
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11. Fleet
    Fleet' transitive verb (Nautical) 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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12. fleet
    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). ...
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13. fleet
    swift adjective moving very fast; `fleet of foot`; `the fleet scurrying of squirrels`; `a swift current`; `swift flight of an arrow`; `a swift runner`
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14. fleet
    noun a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
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15. Fleet
    • (n. & a.) To sail; to float. • (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. • (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser. • (v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a s...
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16. fleet
    group of ships
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17. Fleet
    `Fleet` may refer to: Vehicles: A `fleet` is a collection of ships or vehicles, with many specific connotations: Places: A `fleet` is a saline waterway found in river marshes: `Fleet` is found in place names: People: Other uses: See also:
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