Look up: fleet

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   fleet
   number of ships quick-moving 
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   Fleet
   Fleet is a town in Hampshire.
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   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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   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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   Fleet
   Fleet intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fleeted ; present participle & verbal noun Fleeting .] [ Middle English fleten , fleoten , to swim, Anglo-Saxon fleótan to swim, float; akin to Dutch vlieten to flow, Old Saxon fliotan , Old High German fliozzan , German fliessen ...
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   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 him, and fleet the time carelessly.» Shak. 3. (Nautical) (a) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of ...
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   Fleet
   Fleet adjective [ Compar. Fleeter ; superl. Fleetest .] [ Confer Icelandic flj...tr quick. See Fleet , intransitive verb ] 1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. « In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.» ...
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   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, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. Fleet captain , the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a ...
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   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 estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London. « Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floo ...
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    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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    Fleet
    Fleet intransitive verb (Nautical) To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.
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    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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    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). Fleet parson, a clergyman of low character, in, or ...
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    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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    fleet
    noun a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
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    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 stream, the Fleet (now filled up). • (v. i.) L...
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    fleet
    group of ships
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