fleet

Meaning

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.

swift

going quickly

plump out

fast-flying

fleet-footed

fleet of vehicles

Navy

wing-footed

running swiftly

the warships of a nation

car fleet

swift of foot

runníng swiftly

travel rapidly

walk out of

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fliːt/

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