fleet (n.)

  1. group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

  2. group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

  3. a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

  4. a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

    fleet (adj.)

  1. moving very fast; fleet of foot; the fleet scurrying of squirrels; a swift current; swift flight of an arrow; a swift runner

    [ Syn: swift ]

    fleet (v.)

  1. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; The hummingbird flitted among the branches

    [ Syn: flit , flutter , dart ]

  2. disappear gradually; The pain eventually passed off

    [ Syn: evanesce , fade , blow over , pass off , pass ]

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