fleet

/fliːt/ · noun

Meaning

A group of vessels or vehicles.
Any group of associated items.
A large, coordinated group of people.
A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
(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.
An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
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 flee, to escape, to speed away.
To evanesce, disappear, die out.
To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
Floor; bottom; lower surface.
A house; home.

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