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fleet
1[ fleet ]
noun
- the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- the largest organization of warships under the command of a single officer.
- a number of naval vessels or vessels carrying armed crew members.
- a large group of ships, airplanes, trucks, etc., operated by a single company or under the same ownership:
He owns a fleet of cabs.
- a large group of airplanes, automobiles, etc., moving or operating together.
fleet
2[ fleet ]
verb (used without object)
fleet
3[ fleet ]
noun
- an arm of the sea; inlet.
- a creek; stream; watercourse.
- the Fleet, a former prison in London, long used for debtors.
Fleet
1/ fliːt /
noun
- a stream that formerly ran into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street and is now a covered sewer
- Also calledFleet Prison (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
fleet
2/ fliːt /
noun
- a number of warships organized as a tactical unit
- all the warships of a nation
- a number of aircraft, ships, buses, etc, operating together or under the same ownership
fleet
3/ fliːt /
adjective
- rapid in movement; swift
- poetic.fleeting; transient
verb
- intr to move rapidly
- archaic.intr to fade away smoothly; glide
- tr nautical
- to change the position of (a hawser)
- to pass (a messenger or lead) to a hawser from a winch for hauling in
- to spread apart (the blocks of a tackle)
- obsolete.intr to float or swim
- obsolete.tr to cause (time) to pass rapidly
fleet
4/ fliːt /
noun
- a small coastal inlet; creek
Derived Forms
- ˈfleetness, noun
- ˈfleetly, adverb
Other Words From
- fleetly adverb
- fleetness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of fleet1
Origin of fleet2
Origin of fleet3
Word History and Origins
Origin of fleet1
Origin of fleet2
Origin of fleet3
Example Sentences
Flight trackers showed the fleet circling between Encino Canyon and the north front of the fire Friday evening, as well as down into Mandeville Canyon on the eastern edge of the blaze.
"An ageing ferry fleet with lots of technical or weather-related problems has made it more difficult for people to feel that they are going to get there," he told BBC News.
A fleet of black SUVs passed, then suddenly stopped.
Russia, which previously declined to respond to accusations that it uses a shadow fleet, has not yet commented on this incident.
Washington is also moving to severely limit who can legally purchase Russian energy, and going after what it called Moscow's "shadow fleet" of vessels that ship oil around the world.
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