fleet
Definition of fleet
Pronunciation: flēt | v. i. | 1. | To sail; to float. | | 2. | To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. | | 3. | (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - said of a cable or hawser. | | 4. | (Naut.) To move or change in position; - said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft. | | v. t. | 1. | To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. | | 2. | To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. | | 3. | (Naut.) To draw apart the blocks of; - said of a tackle. | | 4. | To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain. | | 4. | (Naut.) To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew. | | a. | 1. | Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. | | 2. | Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. | | n. | 1. | A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. | | 1. | A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; - obsolete, except as a place name, - as Fleet Street in London. | | 2. | A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up). | | v. t. | 1. | To take the cream from; to skim. |
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