German Meaning of fleet
Flotte
Other German words related to Flotte
Nearest Words of fleet
- fleet admiral => Flottenadmiral
- fleet ballistic missile submarine => Atom-U-Boot mit ballistischen Raketen
- fleet street => Fleet Street
- fleeted => floh
- fleeten => Flotte
- fleet-foot => leichtfüßig
- fleeting => flüchtig
- fleetingly => flüchtig, vergänglich
- fleetingness => Vergänglichkeit
- fleetings => vergänglich
Definitions and Meaning of fleet in English
fleet (n)
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
fleet (v)
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
disappear gradually
fleet (s)
moving very fast
fleet (n. & a.)
To sail; to float.
To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
fleet (v. t.)
To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.
To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.
To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew.
fleet (v. i.)
Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.
Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Street in London.
A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the (now filled up).
To take the cream from; to skim.
To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.
FAQs About the word fleet
Flotte
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership, group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership, a group of steamships operat
Armada,Wohnwagen,Konvoi,Flottille,Parade,Zug,Kavalkarde,Linie,Autokolonne,Marine
Kriechen,absichtlich,ziehend,Nachzügler,träge,gemächlich,anhaltend,langsam,langsam,langsam
fleeringly => spöttisch, fleering => grinsend, fleerer => Spotter, fleered => höhnte, fleer => Fleer,
