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What does fleet mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fleet? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A group of vessels or vehicles.
  2. Any group of associated items.
  3. (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
  4. (nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear-admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
Noun
  1. (obsolete, dialectal) An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
  2. (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
Verb
  1. (obsolete) To float.
  2. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of
  3. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy
  4. (nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
  5. (nautical, intransitive, of people) To move or change in position.
  6. (nautical, obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
  7. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
  8. To take the cream from; to skim.
Adjective
  1. (literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place
  2. (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
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