fleet
adjective
1. moving very fast
- fleet of foot
- the fleet scurrying of squirrels
noun
1. group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
2. group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
3. a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
Definition categories: group
4. a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
verb
1. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
Similar word(s): dart, flit, flutter
Definition categories: motion, hurry, speed, zip
2. disappear gradually
Similar word(s): evanesce, fade, pass
Definition categories: change, disappear, vanish
Sentences with fleet as a verb:
- [Antony] "Our sever'd navy too,r /> Have knit again, and fleet, threat'ning most sea-like." -- Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
- And so through this dark world they fleet / Divided, till in death they meet; -- Percy Shelley, Rosalind and Helen.