Definition of "fleet"
- noun
A group of vessels or vehicles.
A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear-admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide.
A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
- verb
To float.
To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
To take the cream from; to skim.
- adjective
Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble; fast.
Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
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