fleet

Signification (English)

Noun

1. A group of vessels or vehicles.
2. Any group of associated items.
3. A large, coordinated group of people.
4. A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
5. 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.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To float.
2. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
3. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
4. To flee, to escape, to speed away.
5. To evanesce, disappear, die out.
6. To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
7. To move or change in position.
8. (obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
9. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
10. To take the cream from; to skim.

Adj

1. Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

Concepts

flotte

parc

🏞️

escadre

flottille

rapide

convoi

escadrille

armada

au pied léger

convoi de navires

marine de guerre

passer

voltiger

Synonyms

swift

navy

armada

quick

flotilla

fast

rapid

fly

✈️

speedy

nimble

stock

pass

going quickly

flying

pass off

dart

🎯

expeditious

evanesce

fade

prompt

blow over

convoy

clear off

flit

marine

flutter

feathered

flash

flee

get away

go away

go off

group

hasten

help

high-speed

impetuous

lam

leave

make off

naval

party

🥳

pass away

plump out

pop off

precipitant

precipitate

presto

punctual

race

run along

scram

scurry

ship

🚢

shipping

shoal

snappy

spanking

squadron

streak

task force

throw

time

⌚

slope off

vamoose

vanish

vessel

violent

walk off

walk out

wear off

whisk

wing

🪽

yare

zoom

battle fleet

fast-flying

fleet-footed

fleet of vehicles

Navy

wing-footed

running swiftly

the warships of a nation

car fleet

swift of foot

runníng swiftly

skip town

travel rapidly

absquatulate

walk out of

agile

aid

argosy

arrive

assist

beetle

🪲

break away

bus

🚌

buzz off

career

cast

cast off

chuck

class

clear

clear away

clear out

come away

cursory

discard

dissolve

drive away

drive off

escadrille

express

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fliːt/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: flete

Inherited from ancien anglais: flēot

Cognate with néerlandais: vliet

Cognate with allemand: Fleet

Inherited from moyen anglais: fleten

Inherited from ancien anglais: flēotan

In summary

From Middle English flete, flet (“fleet”), from Old English flēot (“ship”), likely related to Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”).

Phrases

Other elements of the fleet managed to reach Elba .

D'autres éléments de la flotte ont réussi à atteindre Elba.