fleet

fleet ¹  (flt)

n.

1. A number of warships operating together under one command.

2. A group of vessels or vehicles, such as taxicabs or fishing boats, owned or operated as a unit.

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[Middle English flete, from Old English flot, from flotan, to float; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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fleet ²  (flt)

adj. fleet·er, fleet·est

1. Moving swiftly; rapid or nimble. See Synonyms at fast¹.

2. Fleeting; evanescent.

v. fleet·ed, fleet·ing, fleets

v.intr.

1. To move or pass swiftly.

2. To fade out; vanish.

3. Archaic To flow.

4. Obsolete To drift.

v.tr.

1. To cause (time) to pass quickly.

2. Nautical To alter the position of (tackle or rope, for example).

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[Probably from Old Norse fljtr. V., from Middle English fleten, to drift, float, from Old English flotan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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fleetly adv.

fleetness n.

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Fleet [fliːt]

n the

1. (Placename) a stream that formerly ran into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street and is now a covered sewer

2. (Placename) Also called Fleet Prison (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors

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fleet¹

n

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a number of warships organized as a tactical unit

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) all the warships of a nation

3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a number of aircraft, ships, buses, etc., operating together or under the same ownership

[Old English flēot ship, flowing water, from flēotan to float]

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fleet²

adj

1. rapid in movement; swift

2. Poetic fleeting; transient

vb

1. (intr) to move rapidly

2. (intr) Archaic to fade away smoothly; glide

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) Nautical

a.  to change the position of (a hawser)

b.  to pass (a messenger or lead) to a hawser from a winch for hauling in

c.  to spread apart (the blocks of a tackle)

4. (intr) Obsolete to float or swim

5. (tr) Obsolete to cause (time) to pass rapidly

[probably Old English flēotan to float, glide rapidly; related to Old High German fliozzan to flow, Latin pluere to rain]

fleetly  adv

fleetness  n

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fleet³

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Chiefly Southeastern Brit a small coastal inlet; creek

[Old English flēot flowing water; see fleet¹]

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Fleet the naval force of a country; a number of ships belonging to a company; a number of persons; birds or other objects moving in company; a group of lorries or trucks.

Examples: fleet of aircraft; of barges, 1840; of birds, 1884; of colliers, 1865; of wild ducks, 1810; of knights, 1450; of lant-horns, 1675; of lorries; of motor vehicles; of mudhens; of ships.

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fleet - group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership aircraft - a vehicle that can fly airline business, airline, airway - a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	2.	fleet - group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership autobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, passenger vehicle, omnibus, coach - a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" bus line - an organization responsible for operating a bus transportation system taxi, taxicab, cab, hack - a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole motor pool - a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed
	3.	fleet - a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight steamship company, steamship line - a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships argosy - one or more large merchant ships
	4.	fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unit flotilla - a fleet of small craft flotilla - a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships guided missile frigate - a frigate that carries guided missiles combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole naval forces, navy - an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare armada - a large fleet battle fleet - a fleet of warships prepared for battle wolf pack - a group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys
Verb	1.	fleet - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" dart, flit, flutter butterfly - flutter like a butterfly hurry, travel rapidly, zip, speed - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
	2.	fleet - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" blow over, evanesce, fade, pass off, pass disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
Adj.	1.	fleet - moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner" swift fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"

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fleet¹

noun navy, vessels, task force, squadron, warships, flotilla, armada, naval force, sea power, argosy damage inflicted up on the British fleet

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fleet²

adjective swift, flying, fast, quick, winged, rapid, speedy, nimble, mercurial, meteoric, nimble-footed He was fleet as a deer.

Translations

fleet¹ [fliːt] N

1. (Aer, Naut) → flota f
the British fleet → la armada británica
Fleet Air Arm (Brit) → Fuerzas fpl Aéreas de la Armada

2. [of cars, coaches etc] → parque m (móvil)

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fleet² [fliːt] (poet) ADJ (fleeter (compar) (fleetest (superl))) (also fleet-footed, fleet of foot) → veloz

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fleet [ˈfliːt] n

[ships] → flotte f

[lorries, cars] → parc m

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fleet¹

n

(Naut) → Geschwader nt; (= entire naval force) → Flotte f; Fleet Air Arm → Marineluftwaffe f; merchant fleet → Handelsflotte f

(of cars, coaches, buses etc) → (Fuhr)park m; he owns a fleet of trucks/taxis → er hat einen Lastwagenpark/ein Taxiunternehmen; fleet business → Firmenwagengeschäft nt

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fleet²

adj (+er) → schnell, flink; fleet of foot, fleet-footed → schnell- or leichtfüßig

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fleet¹ [fliːt] n → flotta; (of cars) → parco; (of lorries) → convoglio
they were followed by a fleet of cars → erano seguiti da un corteo di macchine

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fleet² [fliːt] adj (poetic) (also fleet-footed) → svelto/a

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fleet

n fleet [fliːt]

1 a number of ships or boats under one command or sailing together a fleet of fishing boats. vloot أُسْطول، عَدَد كَبير من флотилия flotila flåde die Flotte στόλος flota laevastik, flotill کاروان laivue flotte צִי जहाजी बेड़ा flota flotta iring-iringan floti flotta 船団 함대 laivynas flotile iring-iringan vloot flåte flotylla frota flotă флотилия flotila ladjevje flota flotta กองเรือรบ filo 船隊 флотилія جہازوں کا بیڑا hạm đội 船队

2 the entire navy of a country the British fleet vloot; seemag الأسْطول البَحْري флот loďstvo flåde die Flotte στόλος κράτους armada merevägi ناوگان laivasto marine צִי गाड़ियों का समूह mornarica (jedne zemlje) hajóhad armada floti flotta 艦隊 (한 나라의) 해군 karo laivynas flote armada vloot flåtestyrke flota armada flotă флот loďstvo mornarica flota flotta กองทัพเรือ donanma, filo 艦隊 флот کسی قوم کا مکمل فوجی بیڑا hải quân 舰队

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fleet → قافلة flotila flåde Flotte στόλος flota laivasto flotte flota flotta 艦隊 함대 vloot flåte flota frota флот flotta กองเรือรบ filo hạm đội 舰队