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fleet

(fl/i/t )

Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.(adjective)

source: webster1913

group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
a group of warships organized as a tactical unit(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913
A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.(noun)

source: webster1913

move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart(verb.motion)

Synonym:
dart, flit, flutter

source: wordnet30
disappear gradually(verb.change)

Synonym:
blow over, evanesce, fade, pass, pass off

source: wordnet30
To sail; to float.(verb)

source: webster1913
To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.(verb)

source: webster1913
To take the cream from; to skim.(verb)

source: webster1913
To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.(verb)

source: webster1913
To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew.(verb)

source: webster1913

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