German Meaning of fleet

Flotte

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Definitions and Meaning of fleet in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

fleet (v)

move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

disappear gradually

Wordnet

fleet (s)

moving very fast

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

Webster

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,