1. the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
2. the largest organization of warships under the command of a single officer.
3. a number of naval vessels or vessels carrying armed crew members.
4. a large group of ships, airplanes, trucks, etc., operated by a single company or under the same ownership: He owns a fleet of cabs.
5. a large group of airplanes, automobiles, etc., moving or operating together.

1. swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot;a fleet horse.

2. to move swiftly; fly.
3. to change position; shift.
4. Archaic.
• to glide along like a stream.
• to fade; vanish.
5. to float; drift; swim.

6. to cause (time) to pass lightly or swiftly.
7. Nautical.
• to move or change the position of.
• to separate the blocks of (a tackle).
• to lay (a rope) along a deck.

1. an arm of the sea; inlet.
2. a creek; stream; watercourse.
3. a former prison in London, long used for debtors.

1. a number of warships organized as a tactical unit
2. all the warships of a nation
3. a number of aircraft, ships, buses, etc, operating together or under the same ownership

1. rapid in movement; swift
2. fleeting; transient

3. to move rapidly
4. to fade away smoothly; glide
5. (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)
6. to float or swim
7. to cause (time) to pass rapidly

1. a small coastal inlet; creek

1. a stream that formerly ran into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street and is now a covered sewer
2. (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors

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