fleet

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. (British-Royal-Navy) 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.
6. The individual waves in corrugated fiberboard.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To float.
2. (ambitransitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
3. (ambitransitive) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
4. (intransitive) To flee, to escape, to speed away.
5. (intransitive) 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. (intransitive) 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. (literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
2. (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fliːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: flete

Inherited from Old English: flēot

Cognate with Dutch: vliet

Cognate with German: Fleet

Inherited from Middle English: fleten

Inherited from Old English: 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”).

Synonyms

swift

navy

armada

quick

flotilla

fast

rapid

fly

✈️

speedy

fade

pass off

going quickly

flutter

evanesce

flying

flit

blow over

prompt

nimble

clear off

convoy

dart

🎯

marine

expeditious

pass

stock

escadrille

cast off

drive off

drive away

cast

assist

dissolve

discard

career

high-speed

cursory

buzz off

arrive

aid

go off

go away

get away

come away

bus

🚌

group

hasten

help

clear out

break away

Translations

flotte

flota

flotta

Flotte

frota

vloot

στόλος

flota

flota

أسطول

naviglio

armada

velox

Fahrzeugpark

parc

🏞️

Sentences

Other elements of the fleet managed to reach Elba .

Honor joins Admiral Mark Sarnow's fleet alongside her old enemy , Pavel Young .