fleet - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

A fleet is a large group of ships, but if you are described as fleet it means you are quick and nimble, like fleet runners who lead the pack.

One meaning of fleet comes from the Old English fleot, meaning “ship,” “raft,” or “floating vessel.” Any group of vessels sailing together can be called a fleet, even you and your friends in a fleet of kayaks. Another meaning of fleet originates in the Old English flēotan, which meant “float,” or “swim.” If you are a top tennis player, you are so fleet, you seem to float effortlessly around the court.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fleet

1	n	group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
2	adj v	moving very fast move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
3	v	disappear gradually

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fleet

1

n group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

Type of:: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole

n group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

Types:: motor pool
a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed

Type of:: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole

n a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

Types:: argosy
one or more large merchant ships

Type of:: steamship company, steamship line
a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships

n a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

Examples:: Invincible Armada
the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588

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a fleet of small craft; flotilla
a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships; armada
a large fleet; battle fleet
a fleet of warships prepared for battle; wolf pack
a group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys

Type of:: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole

2

adj moving very fast

“fleet of foot”

“the fleet scurrying of squirrels”

Synonyms:: swift

: fast
acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly

v move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

Synonyms:: dart, flit, flutter

Types:: butterfly
flutter like a butterfly

Type of:: hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip
move very fast

3

v disappear gradually

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

Type of:: disappear, go away, vanish
get lost, as without warning or explanation